🇳🇬Strategic Leadership Is Influence, Not Just Rank - CAS Abubakar Tells Officers

The Chief of the Air Staff, Hassan Bala Abubakar, has urged officers of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) to embrace visionary leadership that transforms strategic goals into concrete results.

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Date: Saturday, 11 October 2025

Time: 14:15 WAT

Location: 📍 Jaji, Nigeria

He stated this while delivering a strategic leadership lecture titled “From Vision to Reality: Strategic Leadership Insights from the CAS Command Philosophy” at the Air Vice Marshal AO Ogundana Officers’ Mess, Jaji, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria. 

A statement by the College Public Relations Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Olumide Olukoya, the lecture underscored the importance of strategic leadership and vision in command.

The CAS told students of Senior Course 47 and Junior Course 100 that leadership is not just about authority but “influence, integrity, and the ability to inspire collective excellence.”

According to him, true command requires discipline, innovation, and teamwork, guiding teams to find opportunities in adversity.

“Leadership is about inspiring trust and vision even in difficult circumstances,” Abubakar said.

The session featured an engaging Q&A, with officers exploring leadership dynamics, command philosophy, and inter-service cooperation.

In his remarks, the Commandant AFCSC, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Idris Alhaji, hailed the lecture as “inspiring and timely" while stressing that it aligns with the College’s leadership development mandate. 

 

Dignitaries at the event included the Air Officer Commanding Air Training Command, Commandants of key training institutions, and senior directing staff.

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