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Nigerian Army Releases Résumé Of The New Chief Of Army Staff by sirpelu(m): 11:22am On Jul 16, 2015 |
the résumé of the new Chief of Army Staff
(COAS) Major General Tukur Yusufu Buratai.
Read that after the cut...
Major General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, the newly
appointed Chief of Army Staff a seasoned
military officer, was born on 24th November
1960 at Buratai town, Biu Local Government Area
of Borno State. He had his Primary School
Education at Buratai town. Thereafter, he gained
admission into Government Teachers College
Potiskum, Yobe State, where he graduated with
distinction. The zeal to serve the nation made
him to apply and gain admission into the
prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna as
member of the 29 Regular Combatant Course (29
RC) on 3rd January 1981. On successful
completion of his Officer Cadet training, he was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 17th
December 1983 into the Infantry Corps of the
Nigerian Army.
Since his commission, he has attended several
courses and seminars both here in Nigeria and
abroad and also served in many formations,
units and training institution where he held
command, staff and instructional appointments
as follows; he attended the mandatory Young
Officers Course Infantry (YOC) and Anti-Tank
Platoon Commanders’ Course both at the
Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji. He also
attended Watermanship Course at Amphibious
Training School Calabar and Joint Operations
Coaching Course, as well as Computer
Appreciation Course. He attended Armed Forces
Command and Staff College (AFCSC) for his
Junior Staff Course and Senior Staff Course in
1994 and 1999-2000 respectively. Similarly,
Major General Buratai has also attended
Management Course at Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria and International Conference for Directors
of Planning, Research and Statistics. Others
include Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-
integration Course at Cornwallis Park, Nova
Scota, Canada in 2000 and National Defence
Course in Bangaladesh and the United Nations
Staff and Logistics Officers’ Course in India,
amongst others.
He was a Platoon Commander at 26 Amphibious
Battalion Elele, Port Harcourt, from 19 January
1984 to 30 September 1986. He was a Military
Observer at the United Nations Verification
Mission II in Angola from 1 October to 30 August
1987. He was again a Platoon Commander at 26
Guards Battalion from 1 September to 15
November 1987 and later served as Company
Second in Command (Coy 2ic) in the same unit
from 15 September 1991 to 14 August 1994. He
was also a Platoon Commander at the Lagos
Garrison Command Camp from 15 August 1994
to 19 April 1995.
Major General Buratai has also served as Staff
Officer to the Principal Staff Officer to the then
Head of State at the State House from 20 April
1995 to 23 July 1998 before his appointment as
Officer Commanding (OC) at 82 Motorized
Battalion from 24 July 1998 to 11 July 1999. He
was Second in Command to the Commanding
Officer of 81 Battalion from 1 August 2000 to 12
April 2000. He served as General Staff Officer
Grade 1 in Charge of Training and Operations
(GSO1 Trg/Ops) at the Army Headquarters
Garrison from 14 February 2001 to 31 July 2001.
Thereafter, he became a Directing Staff at the
Armed Forces Command and Staff College
(AFCSC) from 1 August 2001 to 16 March 2004
where he was awarded the prestigious “Pass
Staff College Dagger” (psc(+)) appellation.
Subsequently, Gen Buratai served as Colonel
Plans at the Army Headquarters Department of
Army Policy of Plans from 17 March 2004 to 4
December 2007 and then Assistant Chief of Staff
in charge of Administrative Matters (ACOS G1)
at the Headquarters Infantry Corps Centre from
16 February 2009 to 29 December 2009 before
his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General.
He was again at the Armed Forces Command
and Staff College where he served as Director of
the Department of Land Warfare from 30
December 2009 to 27 January 2011 before his
appointment as Commander 2 Brigade Nigerian
Army where he served from 28 January 2011 to
25 January 2013. While at 2 Brigade Nigerian
Army Port Hacourt, he was also the Commander,
Sector 2 of Operation Pulo Shield Joint Task
Force. On his promotion to the rank of Major
General, he was appointed Commandant,
Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI), Jaji
where he served from 26 January 2013 to 16
February 2014. On 17 February 2014, he was
appointed Director of Procurement at the Defence
Headquarters and was appointed Force
Commander of the newly reconstituted
Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on 18
May 2014. Gen Buratai was appointed the 20th
Chief of Army Staff on Monday 13 July 2015.
A highly decorated senior officer, Major General
Buratai has the following Honours and Awards;
Forces Service Star (FSS), Meritorious Service
Star (MSS), Distinguished Service Star (DSS)
and the Grand Service Star (GSS). Others
include, Pass Staff Course Dagger (psc(+)),
Fellow of Defence College (fdc), Field Command
Medal (FCM), Training Support Medal (TSM) and
the United Nations Medal for Angolan Verification
Medal II (UNAVEM II). In addition, he has the
following qualifications; Nigerian Defence
Academy Certification of Education, Bachelor of
Arts in History, Masters of Arts Degree in History
and a Master of Philosophy Degree in Security
Studies.
Read the rest http://army.mil.ng/Office-of-the-
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