The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan -Ali, has charged the newly graduants of the Air Force War College Course 4, 2018 to strive for excellence and professionalism in the discharge of their duties.
Dan-Ali gave the charge in a statement signed by Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigeria Air Force, Makurdi and released in Abuja.
The Minister represented by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, spoke during the graduation ceremony of the course participants at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Markurdi.
He said that the Air Force and its personnel had displayed commendable professionalism and that the service must sustain its operations to deal decisively with the security challenges facing the nation.
Dan-Ali added that air power, being a critical element of the military, had remained a formidable force in the preservation of the nation’s territorial integrity.
In his remarks, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar said he was happy the college training had positively impacted the professional performance and service delivery capacity of successive sets of graduates.
