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NDC INAUGURATES COURSE 18
By Emmanuel Unuakpor
The National
Defence College has inaugurated its Course 18. The event which was
held at the College auditorium on Tuesday September 15 2009 had the
Honourable Minister of Defence, Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd) as
the Special Guest of Honour.
General Abbe in his
address stressed the importance of the course to the career
development of the participants. He stated that the Nigerian
Government and other sister African countries represented on the
course, were doing all they can to give the participants quality
strategic level training and cater for their welfare. He therefore
challenged them to reciprocate this gesture by striving for
excellence in their studies, so that they can contribute
meaningfully to the development of their respective countries and
Africa in general.
The inaugurated
Course 18 has a total of 126 participants. This is comprised of 52
Nigerian Army (NA) officers, 25 Nigerian Navy (NN) officers, 30
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers, 2 Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
officers, 9 civilians from strategic ministries and agencies and 8
foreign military officers .
Highpoints of the
occasion were the launching of the journal of Alumni Association of
National Defence College (AANDEC), opening of a book fair and the
commissioning of a new College medical centre annex.
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