The Chief of the Air Workers, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Air Pressure’s dedication to nationwide safety, vowing to convey justice to criminals working in ungoverned areas throughout the nation.
Talking on the 2025 Administration and Personnel Seminar in Abuja on Wednesday, Abubakar declared that the Air Pressure’s operations will make sure that those that take up arms in opposition to the state are discovered, mounted, and neutralised.
“Our relentless operations in opposition to legal components reaffirm our dedication to guard harmless lives and restore peace throughout the nation. Let me make it clear that airpower will lengthen the lengthy arm of the regulation, bringing justice to criminals hiding in ungoverned areas. We are going to discover, repair, and strike all those that take arms in opposition to the State, and we is not going to relent till Nigeria is secure for all,” he mentioned.
Abubakar additionally disclosed that the Nigerian Air Pressure has witnessed an 86% enhance in manpower over the past 13 years, with the variety of airmen and airwomen doubling since 2013.
Underneath his management alone, he mentioned over 530 officers have been commissioned, whereas 2,300 airmen have been recruited.
Abubakar mentioned that, on the present tempo of recruitment, the Air Pressure is projected to exceed 30,000 personnel by 2027, reinforcing its operational capabilities.
“Probably the most vital progress surge occurred between 2017 and 2020, and at present, the officer-to-airman ratio stands at roughly 1:6. If we preserve this progress price, the NAF is projected to exceed 30,000 personnel by 2027.
“This speedy enhance in workers numbers underscores the necessity for contemporary, computerised human useful resource administration and proactive administration,” he acknowledged.
Abubakar highlighted that the rising drive calls for higher profession administration, efficiency analysis, lodging, healthcare, and welfare incentives to maintain operational effectivity and morale.
“The effectiveness of our pilots, engineers, and operational components is determined by the inspiration laid by administrative personnel who handle profession development, implement self-discipline, and supply welfare assist.
With out this administrative spine, even probably the most good methods, superior platforms, or modern applied sciences can’t ship their supposed outcomes,” he confused.
On personnel welfare, Abubakar revealed that the NAF has made vital progress, together with improved medical services, higher lodging, enhanced insurance coverage insurance policies, and reasonably priced housing schemes.
“It’s noteworthy {that a} whole of two,972 personnel benefited from newly constructed or renovated lodging services prior to now one and a half years,” he added.
Regardless of these developments, the Air Chief acknowledged persistent challenges, together with absence with out go away, drug abuse, substance misuse, and the detrimental affect of social media.
He mentioned, “Regardless of these efforts, challenges similar to Absence With out Depart, drug abuse and substance misuse, in addition to the detrimental affect of social media, proceed to pose challenges. This seminar gives a worthwhile alternative to guage our present practices and discover modern approaches to deal with these challenges.”