The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, has approved the redeployment of 65 Rear Admirals and appointment of principal staff officers and commanders across its units, commands and tri-service institutions.
Spokesman of the Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adams-Aliu, announced this in a statement, on Monday.
According to the statement, the redeployments signaled the renewed effort of the Navy to fulfil her constitutional mandate sequel to assumption of office by the Chief of Naval Staff.
Those affected by the new development are: Rear Admiral Suleiman Abdullahi, previously at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), now appointed Chief of Logistics at the Naval Headquarters Abuja; Rear Admiral Kasim Bushi, previously at the Headquarters Naval Training Command, now moved to International Maritime Institute of Nigeria (IMION) as Executive Director; Rear Admiral Suleiman Dahun previously at Naval Headquarters now appointed as Director Defence Cooperation at the DHQ; Rear Admiral Anenechukwu Ezenma, previously at the Defence Research and Development Bureau (DRDB), now appointed as Director Lesson Learnt at the DHQ; Rear Admiral Samuel Ngatuwa appointed Director Project Management at the DHQ; while Rear Admiral Ibrahim Shehu remains as Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard Limited.
Others are: Rear Admiral Abdullahi Ahmed, previously at the Naval Headquarters, now appointed Commandant of the National Defence College; Rear Admiral Musa Katagum, previously at at the DHQ, now appointed as Chief of Operations Naval Headquarters; Rear Admiral Fredrick Damtong appointed Chief of Naval Engineering at Naval Headquarters; Rear Admiral Abdul-Rasheed Haruna, previously at the DHQ, now appointed Chief of Training; Rear Admiral Hamza Ibrahim, appointed Group Managing Director (GMD), Navy Holdings Limited (NHL); Rear Admiral Sunday Oyegade appointed Director Logistics at the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA); Rear Adm Gideon Kachim was moved to DHQ as Chief of Defence Administration; Rear Admiral Saburi Lawal was reappointed to NHL as ED Business Development and Evaluation, and Rear Admiral Jonathan Mamman, previously at DHQ, now appointed as Chief of Administration at the Naval Headquarters.
Also affected by the development are: Rear Admiral Kehinde Odubanjo appointed as Director-General of DRDB; Rear Admiral John Okeke appointed as Chief of Defence Civil Military Cooperation at the DHQ; Rear Admiral Abolade Ogunleye appointed as Chief of Defence Training at the DHQ.
Additionally, Rear Admiral Olatunde Olodude, previously at the Naval War College Nigeria (NWCN), now appointed Chief of Policy and Plans Naval Headquarter; Rear Admiral Chijioke Onyemaobi appointed as Chief of Naval Transformation, Rear Admiral Peter Zakaria appointed Executive Director Administration and Human Resource NHL.
Also appointed to various positions are: Rear Admiral Olufemi Adeleke, appointed as Director Cyber Security at Defence Space Agency (DSA); Rear Admiral Semiu Adepegba appointed as Director of Defence Administration at the DHQ; Rear Admiral Abiodun Alade appointed as Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Logistics Command; while Rear Admiral Pakiribo Anabraba takes over as Chief of Naval Safety and Standard.
Equally affected by the new development are: Rear Admiral Emmanuel Anakwe will proceed to National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) as a Moderator; Rear Admiral Sunday Atakpa appointted as the Director of Hydrography; Rear Admiral Abdul-Hamid Baba-Inna takes over as Navy Secretary; Rear Admiral Bai Haruna Sabo remains as the Managing Director Naval Building and Construction Company Limited; Rear Admiral Etop Ebe moves to DRDB as Director Marine Research; Rear Admiral Patrick Effah appointed as Chief of Communications and Information Technology; Rear Admiral Bob-Manuel Effiong appointed as FOC at the Headquarters Naval Doctrine Command; Rear Admiral Suleiman Ibrahim appointed as FOC Headquaters Central Naval Command; Rear Admiral Yusuf Idris as Director of Logistics DSA; Rear Admiral Abubakar Mustapha appointed FOC, Western Naval Command; Rear Admiral Danjuma Ndanusa appointed as Director of Logistics; Rear Admiral Chidozie Okehie appointed as FOC Eastern Naval Command; and Rear Admiral Ifeanyi Okpala appointed as Director Transformation at the DHQ.