Meet Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima: The New Nigerian Army Spokesperson
A distinguished Abusite, Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima has been appointed as the new Spokesperson of the Nigerian Army.
Brigadier Yerima who is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and African Public Relations Association (APRA), was Deputy Director Reserve Defence Headquarters before his new appointment.
He replaces Brigadier-General Sagir Musa who has served as the Army’s Spokesperson in the past two years.
Yerima’s deployment is among the first appointments approved by the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru.
A graduate of political science from the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Yerima enrolled into the Nigerian Army in October 1989 and was commissioned into the corps of Army Public Relations and had served in various military formations.
Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima 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 Nation 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 of Nigerian Army 2008, Chief of Staff and Coordinator at Directorate of Army Public Relations 2007-2009, Director Defence Information in 2009 to 2013 and later Deputy Director Production at TRADOC Minna 2013-2017.
A Fellow of West Africa Society for Administration and Communication and was onetime Chairman of Media and Information Committee on Emergency Management (MICEM).
The new Army Spokesperson was a participant in the Senior Strategic Media Operation programme at Reach Cambridge and Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana.
Brig-Gen Mohammed Yerima also attended Senior Leadership Course at the Sheringham United Kingdom and undertook a US-Embassy funded Media tour of Africom in Stuttgart Germany.
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