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Infantry emerges best Corps in Nigerian Army at Training and Doctrine Command Merit Awards 2022

Eze Chidozie by Eze Chidozie
December 3, 2022
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The Nigerian Army Infantry Corps (Queen of the Battle) shone like a million stars at the just-concluded Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Merit Awards 2022 held at Command Officers’ Mess 1 in Asokoro Abuja. 

The Infantry Corps and its officers were outstanding and the highest recipients of awards in various categories, according to a statement by Captain AS Ajibola, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,

Headquarters, Infantry Corps Centre,

Jaji.

According to him, the Commander, Infantry Corps, Maj-Gen. Victor Okwudili Ezugwu, received the Corps Commendation Award which is also known as the Chief of Training Award, as the best overall Corps of the Nigerian Army, having emerged first position among all the other NA Corps’ whose officers performed commendably well at the various promotion examinations conducted within year, 2022.

Infantry Divisions (1, 6 and 82 Divisions) cleared the first, second and third positions respectively in Combat Readiness. 

Brig-Gen. RS Omolori, the Commandant of Amphibious Training School, Calabar, received the award for the Best NA Training School in Administration Category during the Evaluation of NA Training Schools Exercise 2022 conducted by TRADOC NA.

Officers of the Infantry Corps turned out in their numbers as recipients of the various individual awards for outstanding academic excellence in different promotional examinations conducted by TRADOC in 2022. 

Some of these officers are Maj. AA Auwal and Maj. MS Mashi, who emerged as 1st and 3rd position in 2022 Senior Staff College Qualifying Examination, with Maj. B Bala, Maj. MS Mashi and Maj. HA Yussuph, bagging awards for Best Overall results in Admin and Logistics, Military History and Military Law respectively, in same examination.

In the category of Captain to Major Practical Promotion Examination, the Infantry Corps had a clean sweep as Capt. AM Fasasi, Capt. AO Ejembi and Capt. RO Salau emerged 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in order of merits. 

Capt. AO Ejembi and Capt. PK Yuguda, emerged Overall Best in Map Reading and French Language in the same examination.

For the Lieutenant to Captain Practical Promotion Examination, Lt. N Sheu and Lt. GS Udoh emerged as 1st and 2nd positions in order of merits. 

Lt. N Sheu also bagged 2 additional awards for Best Overall in Tactics and D&M, while Lt. LA Abdulkarim bagged best verall in French Language. 

All these exploits and achievements of Infantry Officers in various promotional examinations justifies the efforts and early preparatory cadre organized by the Headquarters, Infantry Corps Centre for Officers and Soldiers of the Corps and other Corps at various intervals throughout year, 2022. 

The Commander, Infantry Corps, Maj-Gen Ezugwu, while congratulating all the recipients of the 2022 awards, expressed gratitude to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, for providing all the resources required for the Corps to excel in administrative, logistics, infrastructural and human capacity development of Infantry Officers and Soldiers in the out-going year 2022. 

General Ezugwu promised that the Corps will continue to raise the standard next year in other to justify the confidence repose in her by the COAS.

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