Al-Amin Musa Daggash | |
|---|---|
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| Chief of Defence Staff | |
| In office 10 June 1998 – 29 May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Abdulsalami Abubakar |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Ogohi |
| Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy | |
| In office 1994 – June 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Balarabe Haladu |
| Succeeded by | Bashir Salihi Magashi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1942 Kirenowa, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Kirenowa, Borno State, Nigeria) |
| Relations | Musa Daggash (Father) Mohammed Daggash (Brother) |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Awards | Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1963–1999 |
| Rank |  Air Marshal |
| Commands | Commander, Flying Training Group, Kano Air Officer Commanding, Training Command Air Officer Logistics, HQ NAF Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy Chief of the Nigerian Defence Staff |
| Battles/wars | Nigerian Civil War |
Al-Amin Musa Daggash (born 1 October 1942) is a retired Air Marshal of the Nigerian Air Force who served as the 7th Chief of the Nigerian Defence Staff from 1998 to 1999 under the General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime.[1]
He was the first non-army officer to hold that position in Nigeria's history, before him, this position was exclusively occupied by army officers. He was also the first and till date the only non-army officer to be the commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna.
During the Abdulsalami Abubakar administration, Daggash was third in command and for that, he was awarded the distinctive national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) in the government gazette 179 volume 85 December 1998, which was rescinded by the Obasanjo administration.
He was later awarded the national honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) in 2005.[2][3][4][5]
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