Nigeria: New Nigerian Army Divisions, Bold Reforms and the Contiguity Question
With the sweeping restructuring, four new divisional headquarters will rise in Makurdi as 5 Division; Ilorin as 9 Division; Jalingo as 10 Division; and Benin City as 83 Division, joining the existing commands in Kaduna, Ibadan, Jos, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Lagos and Enugu.
For the leadership appointments, Major General Moses Gara was named GOC of the 5 Division (Makurdi); Major General Yakubu Yahaya took command of the 9 Division (Ilorin); and Major General Chinedu Ralph Nnebeife was appointed as the pioneer GOC of the 10 Division (Jalingo), while that of Benin City will come with the second phase of the implementation.
President Bola Tinubu's decision to expand the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions marks one of the boldest restructurings of the military in recent years, aimed at decentralising command, strengthening security and reducing response time to emerging threats.
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