The Commandant of Naval War College Nigeria (NWCN), Rear Adm. Adeseye
Ayobanjo, has commissioned 22 naval personnel for the Command Level
Officers’ Course 3.
Ayobanjo, who inaugurated the personnel on Monday in Calabar said that it
was designed as a refresher course to prepare selected officers for the
command’s responsibility ashore and afloat.
According to him, the mission is “to develop senior naval leaders and
equivalent from other services as operational level commander with
appreciation of complex national security problems.
“These people would be prepared to make sound decisions in the application
of maritime force as a policy option”.
He said that the course seek to enhance effectiveness in command, leadership
and management by focusing on self-awareness, ethics, communication skills
and team work.
He said that the command level course was one of the capstone courses the
college was mandated to conduct to accomplish its overall mission.
The Commandant stated that the participants would be the second group of
officers to undergo the course in the institution.
“It is my delight to inaugurate the command level course 3, comprising 22
participants of the rank of Commodore and Lt. Commodore.
“The course is designed as a refresher course to prepare select officers for
command responsibility ashore and afloat.
“With the increasing influence of technology on modern warfare/security
environment, it becomes imperative for the next generation of Naval
leaders/commanders to understand how best to navigate the thin line between
the levels of command towards overall mission accomplishment,” he said.
Rear Adm. Thaddeus Udofia (Rtd), pioneer Commandant of the NWCN in hisspeech, said that evolving security challenges required new approaches to
military leadership.
Udofia admonished operational leaders to be smart and have keen sense of
reality on what needed to be done.
On ethics and professionalism, he advised commanders to work as a team to
achieve set goals.
The retired commandant said that developing domain knowledge, enterprise
perspective, leadership skills and the intellectual age are competencies
required by next generation naval leaders and commanders.
He said that the Navy had a responsibility to develop the capacity and
intellectual skills of the next level of commanders and leader.
