New service chiefs: 100 military generals may be retired
Written by Felix Ohaejesi on June 21, 2023
•Retirement gale to hit Army, Air Force, Navy, Course 37, others may be affected.
About 100 top officers, including generals, brigadiers-general, air vice marshals, and admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy may proceed on compulsory retirement following the appointment of new service chiefs on Monday by President Bola Tinubu, The PUNCH reports.
Aside from the imminent gale of retirement, many officers would be promoted to their next rank to fill the vacancies that would be created by the retiring generals as part of the reorganisation of the services by the new service chiefs.
Source: The Punch