Rear Admiral Makanju Mackson Kadiri, Gss, psc, fdc, is a retired Nigerian Navy officer[1] who served as the commandant of the National Defence College, Nigeria from 2019 until his retirement on 30 March 2021.[2][3][4] He was succeeded by Rear Admiral Oladele Bamidele Daji.[5][6] He previously served as the Chief of Training and Operations at Naval headquarters, Abuja from 2018 to 2019.[7]
Mackson Kadiri | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Service/ |  Nigerian Navy |
| Years of service | 1988–2021 |
| Rank |  Rear Admiral |
| Unit | National Defence College |
| Commands held | Chief of Training and Operations, Naval Headquarters National Defence College, Nigeria (2019–2021) |
He attended the senior staff course at the Marine Safety Course U.S, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, United States Coast Guard Training Centre and the United Nations Administration and Logistic Course in the International Peace Support Centre Nairobi, he also obtained a master's degree in political science.[8]
Kadiri was enlisted into the Navy in 1988 as a Regular Combatant of the rank Sub-lieutenant. He became Rear Admiral in 2015 after attending several professional academic courses.[8]
Kadiri served on the Nigeria Navy Ships; the Ambe, Agu, Ofiom and RuwanYaro. He was a commanding officer of the Forward Operating Base, directing staff of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the National Defence College Nigeria. He had served in the Maritime Warfare at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College as a department director and was also Navy Secretary at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. He also attended many international conferences, he was a Senior Leader at the 2016 Gulf of Guinea Commission Summit Malabo, Symposium Abidjan in 2017 and the 2018 Gulf of Guinea Navies Summit, Paris.[9]
References edit
- ^ "NDC – News". www.ndc.nato.int. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ dinfo (2019-04-02). "NIGERIAN NAVY RELEASES MAJOR POSTINGS OF SENIOR OFFICERS". Nigerian Navy. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "Nigerian Navy carries out major reorganisation". 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ Nwezeh, Kingsley (2019-04-02). "Nigeria: Massive Shake-Up As Navy Redeploys 32 Rear Admirals". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "National Defence College Pulls Out the Immediate Past Commandant of the College – Rear Admiral Makanju Mackson Kadiri (RTD) – National Defence College Nigeria".
- ^ "Daji assumes office as National Defence College commandant". 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Navy seizes 46 illegal vessels, arrests 240 suspects". Punch Newspapers. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ a b "The Commandant – National Defence College Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ "National Defence College (NDC) gets New Commandant; Rear Admiral Makanju Mackson Kadiri." Security King Nigeria. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
External links edit
- "Nigerian Navy explains how N11.08 billion crude oil products were stolen in 2018". Businessday NG. 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- "National Defence College Nigeria (NDC)". www.peaceopstraining.org. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- "President Bio Inspires Graduands at National Defence College – The Office Of The First Lady, Republic of Sierra Leone". Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- "Navy redeploys 32 Rear Admirals in new major shakeup". Vanguard News. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2020-10-26.