The newly appointed Commandant of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Air Vice Marshal Nnaemeka Ignatius Ilo, who assumed workplace on fifteenth December 2026 because the forty second Commandant of the NAFRC has affirmed his dedication to enhancing the standard of coaching, addressing infrastructural gaps, and strengthening operational effectivity throughout the Centre.
The Commandant made this identified throughout his familiarisation tour of NAFRC lately. The tour was undertaken to evaluate amenities, work together with personnel, and determine areas requiring quick and long-term intervention in keeping with the Centre’s resettlement and vocational coaching mandate.
AVM Ilo acknowledged that his management would prioritise the creation of a conducive studying surroundings for contributors, enchancment of workshop capability, and the supply of sensible and related coaching that adequately prepares retiring personnel for reintegration into civil life after six months of intensive vocational and entrepreneurial coaching.
He additional disclosed plans to conduct a comparative evaluation of comparable resettlement and rehabilitation centres exterior the nation. According to him, the initiative would supply first hand publicity to worldwide greatest practices, to allow the Centre benchmark its operations, and assist the adoption of modern concepts to additional enhance the usual of coaching in NAFRC.
The familiarisation tour commenced on the Directorate of Training, the place the Commandant was briefed by the Director of Training, Major General IO Olatunji, on the construction, obligations, and strategic positioning of the Directorate near the workshops for efficient monitoring and coordination of coaching actions.
Major General Olatunji in his transient famous that the coaching curriculum, was due for evaluation because the final complete evaluation was carried out in 2022 and is now due for an additional replace to mirror present realities and evolving vocational calls for.
The Commandant thereafter inspected a number of workshops throughout the Centre, as together with vehicle, auto-mechanic, weaving and textile, carpentry, woodwork, leather-based works, ceramics, foundry, fabrication, welding, plumbing, waste administration, pictures, and occasions administration. others are, the agricultural wing, coaching battalion, medical centre, ICT centre, and the administration wing.
AVM Ilo additionally emphasised the necessity to enhance the educational surroundings, by offering visible and educational aids for coaching, to successfully ship high quality coaching for retiring personnel of the armed forces. He added that the centre shall be fitted with fashionable coaching tools throughout related workshops to reveal contributors to mechanised operations and present business practices.
The Commandant concluded the 2-day tour by reaffirming his dedication to enhancing infrastructure, strengthening the standard of coaching, and enhancing employees welfare throughout the Centre. He assured personnel that observations made through the familiarisation tour can be translated into actionable plans geared toward repositioning NAFRC as a number one resettlement and vocational coaching establishment.
