1. Al-Amin Musa Daggash was born on 1 October 1942 and is a retired Air Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 7th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime.
23 Facts About Al-Amin Daggash
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Al-Amin Daggash was the first non-army officer to hold that position in Nigeria's history, before him, this position was exclusively occupied by army officers.
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Al-Amin Daggash was the first and till date the only non-army officer to be the commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
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Al-Amin Daggash was later awarded the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic in 2005.
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Al-Amin Daggash was born in 1942 in Kirenowa, Marte local government of Borno State.
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Al-Amin Daggash is of the Shuwa Arab ethnic stock and one of the eldest children of super Permanent-Secretary, Musa Daggash.
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Al-Amin Daggash's father was a civil servant who worked in many parts of the country, Daggash had his primary education in several schools in the North and South of Nigeria.
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Al-Amin Daggash was part of the first batch of Nigerian Air Force officer cadets and received his basic military training in Kaduna.
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Al-Amin Daggash was commissioned as Second-Lieutenant in the Nigerian Air Force on 27 September 1967.
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Al-Amin Daggash attended several military and strategic studies courses like:.
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From 1985 to 1986 at the rank of Group Captain, Al-Amin Daggash attended the US Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama where he gained a diploma in Educational Development from the International Officers School.
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Al-Amin Daggash went on to receive a second diploma in Defence and Strategic Studies from the AWC, Air University, Alabama.
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Al-Amin Daggash was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore in December 1986.
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Al-Amin Daggash was appointed Air Officer Commanding Training Command of the Nigerian Air Force in 1990 and Chief of Air Force Logistics and Communications branch at the service HQ between 1992 and 1994.
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Al-Amin Daggash was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal in December 1991.
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Al-Amin Daggash was appointed as the deputy commandant and subsequently commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy between 1994 and 1998.
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Al-Amin Daggash was then appointed as Chief of Defence Staff by General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
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Al-Amin Daggash was promoted to the rank of Air Marshal on 10 June 1998.
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Al-Amin Daggash is considered to be one of the few thoroughbred officers who rose through the ranks without ever holding a political appointment even though the military were in government for 28 of the 36 years he served.
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Al-Amin Daggash retired from service on 29 May in 1999.
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In recognition of his achievements, Al-Amin Daggash was inducted into the International Honor Roll, Air University presented at the Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama on 1 June 2004.
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Al-Amin Daggash was active in the Borno Elders Forum as well as the Northern Elders Forum, both forums mounted severe pressure on the Goodluck Jonathan administration over its careless handling of the Boko Haram crisis especially between 2013 and 2015.
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On 3 October 2019, Al-Amin Daggash received an honorary doctorate degree in military science from the Nigerian Defence Academy.