Tinubu to attend Defence College graduation ceremony on August 23

On August 23, President Bola Tinubu is slated to attend the graduation ceremony of Course 32 of the Nigerian Defence College (NDC).

The NDC Commandant, Rear Admiral Olumuyiwa Olotu, made the announcement on Saturday, August 10, while speaking to journalists at the NDC graduation golf event at Tukur Buratai International Golf Resort and Country Club, Manbilla Barracks, Abuja.

The Commandant, who was represented by the College’s Secretary, Air Vice Marshal Titus Dauda, stated that the NDC graduation golf competition was one of the activities planned for NDC Course 32’s graduation celebration.

The Commandant stated that participants of the NDC Course 32 were initiated in September 2023 and recruited from the military, paramilitary, ministries, departments, agencies, and allied nations.

He said: “As you are aware, the College is not just about intellectual activities. We ascribe a high premium to the physical fitness of participants and staff.

“It is also a means of relating with one another, “especially now that the participants are about to pass out with time to relate with other alumni of the college and senior officers.”

Also speaking, the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Undiandeye, who was the Guest of Honour at the event, said the event aside from being one of the concluding activities of participants of Course 32, was also intended to have “an intellectual body that is fit and in proper shape for war, especially at the strategic and operational levels.”

He said: “And so today’s event, brings together the camaraderie of conviviality amongst golfers and those who identify with the college. But most of all to relieve some of the pressure of the intense academic activity that goes on in the college as they begin to wind down from the tedium of the last one year.

“So we are very happy that this forms a big part and in fact a chunk of the easing off as these gentlemen and ladies begin to wind down in order to take up greater responsibilities of defence of our nation and assuring the security of us and our communities.”

Other activities planned for the graduation of the participants include the Juma’at service, TOMBOLA night, Sports Fiesta, Inter-Denominational Church Service, and graduation ceremony.