fss, mni, road safety marshal, public servant; b: January 2, 1942; ht: Hyama, Iga: Hong; so: Adamawa; m: Rhoda Bitrus, 1967; nc: one s, five d; ed: Junior and Senior Primary School, Pella and Numan, 1947-55; Boys Secondary School, Gindiri, Plateau State, 1956-60; Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, 1961-62; Mons and Sandhurst Military Academy, 1962-63; Young Officers Engineering School, Chathau, United Kingdom, 1963-64; Military College, Fort Belvoir, United States, 1965-67; Military Advance Engineering School, Fort Belvoir, United States, 1971-72; Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, 1975- 76; Army Command and Staff College, Jaji, 1976-77; National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, 1979-80; Defence Resource Management Course, Lagos, 1982. cr: Teacher, Numan Senior Primary School, January-October, 1961; enlisted into the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, 1961; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1963; 2nd Troop Commander, 1st Engineering Squadron Nigerian Army Engineers, Kaduna, 1963-64; promoted full Lieutenant, 1964; Officer Commanding, I Engineering Squadron, Nigerian Army Engineers, Kaduna, 1964-65; promoted Captain, 1965; Major, 1967; Commanding Officer, Divisional Area Command, Makurdi, 1967; First Engineering Regiment, Enugu; Field Engineering Regiment, Benin; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1970; Commanding Officer, 1 and 2 Engineering Regiment, Nigerian Army Engineers; full Colonel, 1973; Inspector, Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers, Lagos, 1973; Commander, 1 Infantry Brigade Nigeria Army, 1976-78; Defence Adviser, Nigerian High Commission (accredited to all European countries within the union), London, 1978-81; Brigadier, 1978; dir. Army Training, Army Headquarters, 1981; General Officer Commanding, 2 Mechanised Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, 1982, Major-General, 1982; General Officer Commanding, 1 Mecha nised Infantry Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, 1983-84; Nigeria High Commissioner, United Kingdom, 1984; delegate. United Nations, 1985; Ambassador to Socialist Ethiopia accredited to Somalia, Organisation of African Unity, Economic Commission for Africa, 1985-87; retired from active service, Nigerian Army, 1986; Corp Marshal/Chief Executive, Federal Road Safety Commission, 1994-99; and since 2004; presd. African Sub-Group, International Road Safety Organisation, since 1997; mm: National Institute; Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals; Nigeria Institute of Public Relations; Chartered Institute of Transport; f: Institute of Management Administration of Nigeria; nh: Armed Forces Service Star; Armed Forces of Nigeria, Loyal, Discipline, Courage Medal; Recognised Service Medal; National Service Medal; Silver Jubilee Medal; The Federal Republic of Nigeria Medal, fh: Certificate of Merit, Africa Youth Sports Federation, hd: Doctor of Literature Degree, Imo State University, 1998; hob: tennis, squash, badminton, reading, playing scrabble; off: Federal Road Safety Commission, Abuja; res: Hyama, Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State.
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