Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao says the execution of sundry military programmes has enhanced the quality of skilled manpower for the Airforce.
He stated this at the graduation ceremony of sundry military courses for officers, airmen and airwomen held at the Airforce Institute of Technology-AFIT Kaduna.
Air Marshal Oladayo Amao explained that the programmes have greatly contributed to the forces’ current status of being largely self reliant and almost completely dependent on own personnel for platforms and equipment maintenance.
He maintained that the force had also built internal capacity for certain levels of training, thereby eliminating needless foreign training in areas that it posseses such internal capacities.
The Air Chief charged the graduands to deploy their professional competences to sustain and even surpass current intensity of air operations until the country is completely rid of criminal elements.
Air Marshal Amao commended the Commandant for improving the institute’s curricular of the sundry courses aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Earlier in his address, Commandant of AFIT, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Aminu Yakubu explained that despite the expansion and increase in its mandate, the institute has not lost focus on its primary role of producing quality technical manpower for the Airforce.
He pointed out that the management of the Institute is doing everything possible to enhance the quality of training programmes as well as providing a conducive environment to ease learning for the students.
Air Vice Marshal Yakubu appealed to the Air Chief, to provide accommodation for military staff and students to uplift their morale for excellent delivery of training activities.
A total of four hundred and sixty personnel comprising officers, airmen and airwomen graduated after undergoing a twelve month training in various courses.
Highlight of the event was the presentation of awards and prizes to deserving graduands.
Usman Sani