Director of Coordination

The Director of Coordination is the chief coordinator of military training and academics in the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in order to ensure synergy of efforts. The Office of the D Coord is held by a naval officer with the established rank of Commodore.  The D Coord is assisted by a Staff Officer Grade 1 Coord (SO1 Coord). The SO1 Coord (Army) is also assisted by 3 x SO2 that are staff trained as shown below:

1. SO2 (Coord) –      Maj
2. SO2 (Mil)        –     Lt Cdr
3. SO2 (Acad)  –      Sqn Ldr

The Directorate superintends over the activities of the Public Relations Department (PRD) and the Works Production Centre (WPC) which are affiliates of the directorate. The relationship between the D Coord and these 2 departments are as follows:

1. Academy Public Relations Department: The APRO is responsible for managing all public relations and publicity programmes of the Academy, covering of all events and executing visit programmes for all official Academy guests.  The department compiles, updates and maintains the Academy official guest list.  The department is currently headed by a Maj. 
2. Work Production Centre: The WPC is responsible for all Academy printing jobs. The printing requirement vary from production of précis for cadets, Calendar of Events, examination answer sheets, POP and other NDA event programs etc. The WPC is also currently headed by a Maj.

The Directorate according to the NDA Establishment August 2007, is to be manned by dedicated officers, soldiers and civilian staff.  Presently, the Directorate and affiliated departments have a staff complement of 7 officers, 36 other ranks and 60 civilians.

The schedule of duties of Director Coord covers the following areas:

1. Co-ordinating the work of other departments to ensure that there is no conflict in their programmes and point out same in good time before they disrupt the wider Academy programme.
2. Organising and managing Academy visits.
3. Maintaining and supervising the Academy training programmes including the Calendar of Events.
4. Supervising the works of the Public Relations Department and the Works Production Centre.
5. Management of Academy external correspondences.
6. Management of cadets in foreign military academies.
7. Co-ordinating Commandant’s meetings/conference with PSOs.
8. The D Coord is a member of the following Academy Assessment Conferences: Academic Committee, Military Training Committee, Academy Co-ordination Committee and the Academy Board. The D Coord also serves as the secretary of the Academy Board when considering results for Short Service and Direct Short Service cadets.