JUST IN : Army appoints new Spokesperson

The Nigerian Army has appointed Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima as the new Director of Public Relations.

Yerima takes over from Brigadier General  Sagir Musa who has been redeployed.

Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, a one-time director Defence Information was until his appointment, the deputy director reserve at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).

Solacebase reports that the new Army Spokesman obtained a BA Ed Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University before he enrolled into the Nigerian Army in October 1989 and commissioned into the Corps of Army Public Relations.

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He had served in various military formations. He was ADC to Commander TRADOC, Major General Ishola William between 1990-1993, Public Relations Officer NAOWA in the Office of Chief of Army Staff 1994, Spokesperson 81 Division of the Nigerian Army 1995-1996, PRO Nigerian Defence Academy 1996-2000, Military Spokesperson United Nations Mission in Siera Leone 2000-2002, PRO to Chief of Army Staff 2003, PRO Chief of Defence Staff 2005, Deputy Director Public Relation 1 Division Nigerian Army 2008 (Chief of Staff and Coordinator at Directorate of Army Public Relations 2007-2009. Director of Defence Information from 2009 to 2013.

He was also Deputy Director Production TRADOC 2013-2017 as well as Deputy Director Reserve, Defence Headquarters before his current appointment.

Brigadier General Mohammed Yarima is member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) as well as African Public Relations Association (APRA) and Fellow of West Africa Society for Administration and Communication. He was Chairman of Media and Information Committee on Emergency Management (MICEM)

The new Army Spokesperson was a participant at Senior Strategic Media Operation programme at Reach Cambridge and at Kofi Annan Centre, Ghana. He also attended Senior Leadership Course at the Sheringham United Kingdom and undertook a US-Embassy funded Media tour of Africom in Stuttgart Germany.