In continuation of his efforts to ensure Nigerian Air Force (NAF) units and formations maintain a high level of operational effectiveness, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, yesterday, 27 September 2018, undertook an operational visit to Headquarters Mobility Command (HQ MC) and 235 Base Services Wing (BSW) NAF Base Yenagoa, Bayelsa Sate.

The CAS, who was accompanied on the visit by other senior officers from NAF Headquarters, was received in Yenagoa by the Air Officer Commanding Mobility Command (AOC MC), Air Vice Marshal Napoleon Bali. While in Yenagoa, the CAS also paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Bayelsa State, His Excellency, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson.

The operational visit began with a brief by the AOC MC on the activities, achievements, challenges and projections of the Command. The AOC thereafter conducted CAS on a tour of the newly renovated HQ MC Complex and Officers’ Mess, which the CAS subsequently commissioned. Speaking during the commissioning, the CAS commended the AOC MC and his staff for the cost-effective and timely execution of the renovation work, which was carried out by direct labour.

He also expressed delight with the steps taken by the AOC to add significant value to the Command since assuming office. He urged other officers to emulate such admirable leadership traits. The CAS then proceeded to NAF Base Yenagoa, where he inspected living quarters, the Medical Centre and other facilities on the Base.

The CAS, along with other senior officers, later proceeded to the Bayelsa Government House for a courtesy call on the Bayelsa State Governor, where he expressed condolences to the Governor on the loss of his mother, Mrs Goldcoast Dickson.

Air Marshal Abubakar then thanked the Governor for the support the NAF had enjoyed from the Government and good people of the State and reaffirmed the commitment of the Service towards ensuring peace and stability in the country.

He informed Governor Dickson that, in his determination to reposition the NAF into a highly professional and discipline.

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