Mackson Kadiri

Rear Admiral Makanju Mackson Kadiri, Gss, psc, fdc, is navy Navigation and Direction officer.[1] He is appointed as the Commandant National Defence College Nigeria in 2019 served till his retirement in 30 March 2021.[2][3][4] He previously served as the Chief of Training and Operations at Naval headquarters, Abuja from 2018 to 2019.[5] He served until his retirement in 30 March 2021, he was replaced by Rear Admiral Oladele Bamidele Daji.[6][7]

Rear Admiral

Mackson Kadiri
Allegiance Nigeria
Service/branch Nigerian Navy
Years of service1988–present
RankRear Admiral
UnitNational Defence College
Commands heldChief of Training and Operations, Naval Headquarters
National Defence College, Nigeria (2019–2021)

He attended the senior staff course at the Marine Safety Course U.S, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, United States Coast Guard Training Centre and the United Nations Administration and Logistic Course in the International Peace Support Centre Nairobi, he also obtained a master's degree in political science.[8]

Mackson was enlisted into in 1988 Navy as a Regular Combatant of the rank Sub Lieutenant. He became Rear Admiral in 2015 after attending several professional academic courses.[8]

Kadiri served on the Nigeria Navy Ships; the Ambe, Agu, Ofiom and RuwanYaro. He was a commanding officer of the Forward Operating Base, directing staff of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College and the National Defence College Nigeria. He had served in the Maritime Warfare at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College as a department director and was also Navy Secretary at the Naval Headquarters, Abuja. He also attended many international conferences, he was a Senior Leaders at the 2016 Gulf of Guinea Commission Summit Malabo, Symposium Abidjan in 2017 and the 2018 Gulf of Guinea Navies Summit, Paris.[9]

References
  1. "NDC – News". www.ndc.nato.int. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. dinfo (2019-04-02). "NIGERIAN NAVY RELEASES MAJOR POSTINGS OF SENIOR OFFICERS". Nigerian Navy. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. "Nigerian Navy carries out major reorganisation". 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  4. Nwezeh, Kingsley (2019-04-02). "Nigeria: Massive Shake-Up As Navy Redeploys 32 Rear Admirals". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  5. "Navy seizes 46 illegal vessels, arrests 240 suspects". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  6. https://ndc.gov.ng/ndc-pulls-out-immediate-commandant-rear-adm-kadiri/
  7. https://www.sunnewsonline.com/daji-assumes-office-as-national-defence-college-commandant/
  8. "The Commandant – National Defence College Nigeria". Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  9. "National Defence College (NDC) gets New Commandant; Rear Admiral Makanju Mackson Kadiri." Security King Nigeria. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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