••••As 2 Div GOC Charges Participants On Sound Leadership
•By Oyeniyi Kazeem
IBADAN – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 2 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters, Maj. General Obinna Onubogu has charged the participants of the Leadership Awareness and Development Course (LADC) 2025 on sound leadership, as well recognize the enormous responsibilities they hold as leaders irrespective of their ranks.
Maj General Onubogu gave the charge on Monday while declaring open the 12th Leadership Awareness and Development Course (LADC) 2025 held at the International Conference hall of the 2 Division Nigerian Army Headquarters, Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Ojoo, Ibadan, the Capital City of Oyo state.
Speaking on the theme of the course “Leadership Awareness and Development Course”, Onubogu said participants are expected to continually demonstrate sound leadership and tact in dealing with their subordinates and superiors alike.
He said, “I must seize this opportunity to congratulate all the participants from 2 Division as well as sister services, the Nigeria Police and other security agencies for being found eligible to participate in this course.
“The title of the course “Leadership Awareness and Development Course”, points to the need for all participants recognise the enormous responsibilities we hold as leaders irrespective of our ranks, corps, arm of service or organization. This is because Warrant Officers and Senior Non-commissioned Officers of the Nigerian Army, are the custodians of regimentation and discipline at the unit level.
“Warrant Officers and Senior Non-commissioned Officers also provide the essential links by bridging the gaps between officers as soldiers in a unit. Consequently, you are expected to continually demonstrate sound leadership and tact in dealing with your subordinates and superiors alike. It is therefore incumbent upon you all to continue to uphold the tenet and standard of the Nigerian Army for others to emulate.
“Let me state clearly that part of your job schedule as Warrant Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers depending on your appointments is to mentor and pass down units’ customs, ethics and tradition inherited from your superiors to the subordinates under you for institutional memories in the Nigerian Army and any other organization you may represent.
“At your present ranks, it is expected that you have acquired experiences must be preserved and passed onto the younger generation of soldiers for posterity. I am also painfully aware that some of you have risen up to your ranks without acquiring the required regimentation and leadership experience. Thus, this course will seek to sharpen your intuition in the context of leadership practices in peace, war or crisis situations.
“The Leadership Awareness and Development Course 2025 closely mirrors the Chief Of Army Staffs’ Command Philosophy, which is “To Consolidate the transformation of the Nigerian Army towards bequeathing a well-motivated and combat ready force that can effectively discharge it’s constitutional responsibilities within a joint and multi-agency environment.”.
“If we must bequeath to our subordinates an army which we can all be proud of ,the onus is on us to be unrelenting in educating our soldiers on what is expected of them at all times, we must develop a sense of resilience in the phase of opposition to constantly checkmate any act of neglect and unethical behaviors on the part of our subordinates to mould them into professional soldiers.
“To this end, I urge all the participants to take maximum advantage of the wealth of experiences from the erudite resource person the Nigerian Army Resource Centre. We must collectively resolve to learn from one another and share experiences in the course of our interactions.
In his lecture, Maj. General Sanusi Dahiru, Executive Director Consult, Nigerian Army Resources Centre highlighted the importance of good leadership.
