Rear Admiral Emmanuel I. Ogalla was on Monday night appointed as the 24th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) by President Bola Tinubu.
He succeeds Vice Admiral Auwal Zubairu Gambo, the 23rd CNS.
Rear Admiral Ogalla, who hails from Enugu State, is a member of 39 Regular Course of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA).
He is the second-ever Chief of Naval Staff of Igbo extraction after the 12th CNS – Rear Admiral
Allison Amaechina Madueke incidentally from the same Enugu State like Ogalla – who served in that capacity from November 1993 to August 1994.
Before his appointment, Rear Admiral Ogalla was the Director Lessons Learnt at NHQ (PPLANS).
According to the Naval Headquarters, he was appointed Director Lessons Learnt on 01/02/2022.
His previous appointments included Director Audit on 17/03/2021; he was appointed DPR on 08/04/2019; Directing Staff at the National Defence College (NDC) on 16/01/2017; Deputy Director Hydrography 28/03/2016 at the Naval Headquarters, and Commandant, Hydrography School on 29/08/2014.
The senior officer attended Post NDC MSc Programme at University of Ibadan on 03/11/2014, NDC Course 22 on 05/09/2013.
He was R’APPT SO1 Instrument Hydro office on 01/02/2007; Assistant Director, Career Planning 28/10/2011; Deputy Director Admin 14/03/2011; Hydro office; he was appointed BOO on 20/08/2009; SOII SURVEY 24/07/06 at the Hydro office; he attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, Kaduna State, Senior Course 28 on 03/08/05.
Real Admiral Ogalla acquired the following Service Stars, GSS, DSS, MSS, FSS, psc fdc, BSc Maths.
