The Commandant, Nigerian Army College of Logistics and Management (NACOLM), Major General Wisdom Etuk, inaugurated the Senior Leadership and Staff Officers’ Course 2/2024 on Monday, April 29, 2024, comprising 105 officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) and one allied male student from the Gambian Army, respectively. The event was held at the Tukur Yusuf Buratai Hall at the NACOLM permanent site in Ojo, Lagos.
While delivering his inaugural address, Major General Etuk disclosed that the college was established in December 2002 with the initial mandate of training logisticians.
A statement, signed by the College Public Relations Officer, Major George Okupe, disclosed that Major General Etuk explained that following the expansion of the courses run in the college with the addition of leadership and staff officers courses, the mandate was modified ‘to produce knowledgeable logisticians and staff-trained officers with requisite leadership skills that are capable of effectively discharging their duties in both joint and combined military operations at formation and higher levels using contemporary management concepts and techniques’.
Major General Etuk reiterated that the course will run for nine months, adding that the course is well loaded and time is not on their side. He further stressed that time is a resource that must be utilized and not taken for granted while at the college. He urged the students to efficiently plan, manage, and use their time properly.
The Commandant used the medium to caution students about the risk of plagiarism, urging them to be original in their submissions and acknowledge any work they consult to avoid academic fraud. He stressed that the college frowns at plagiarism and will take severe action against such acts.
While delivering the inaugural lecture, the guest lecturer, Major General Wisdom Etuk, delivered a lecture titled ‘The Making of an Effective Leader and Staff Officer for a Joint Operating Environment’. General Etuk spoke on some attributes of operational level officers, SLSOC contributions to the development of operational level officers, and field observations of staff trained operational level officers.
In attendance were Deputy Commandant/Director of Studies of the College Brigadier General JIB Manjang, Director of Administration NACOLM Brigadier General OJ Majebi, Commander Central Vehicle Depot (CVD) Brigadier General M Isah, Commandant Nigerian Army College of Medical Sciences Brigadier General S Anyogo, Acting Director Management, Leadership, and Staff Studies, Colonel S Julius, Commanding Officers within Ojo Cantonment, Chief Instructors, Members of Directing Staff and Administrative Staff, representatives from professional bodies and College partners (CILT and SOTAL LASU), and student officers, amongst others.
Highlights of the event were the inaugural address and lecture, group photograph, vote of thanks, and a light refreshment at the NACOLM Officers’ Mess Ojo.
