Nigeria's Commander-in-Chief

President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria's Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Full Military Regalia. 

According to the Nigerian Constitution, there shall be an armed forces for the Federation which shall consist of an army, a navy, an Air Force and such other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly. It also states that 

(a)the powers of the President as the Commissioner-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation shall include power to determine the operational use of the armed forces of the Federation and 

(b)the powers conferred on the President by subsection (1) of this section shall include power to appoint the Chief of Defence staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of Air Staff and heads of any other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is the President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria's Armed Forces. The Nigerian military is said to have an active duty personnel in three armed services with a total of about 85,000 troops and 82,000 paramilitary personnel. 

The Army is the largest with about 100,000 professional personnel, the Air Force has about 10,000 personnel and the Navy comes in at about 7,000. President Jonathan rules them all! ;) 

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria (left in dark goggles) with the Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar at the 48th Anniversary and 2nd Air Expo of the Nigeria Air Force, May 2012  .

Picture shows President Jonathan shaking the Defence Minister, Dr. Haliru Mohammed Bello, smiling in the middle is the Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa. 

President Goodluck Jonathan in full airforce regalia (rank is that of the Marshal of the Air Force, the highest in the Nigerian Air Force) with the President of Benin Republic, Thomas Boni Yayi, one of his closest allies. 

The walk of power: Presidents Boni Yayi and Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria having a chat. 

President Goodluck Jonathan, in full Admiral uniform, arriving for the Presidential Fleet Review at NNS BEECROFT, Lagos. 

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Still at the Air Force Expo, Kaduna. 

In full regalia of the Nigerian Navy. The rank here is the highest in the Nigerian Navy, that of the Marshal of the Fleet. 

The Presidential Salute: With President Jonathan (from left to right) Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin (in dark goggles), Alh. Haliru Mohammed Bello (Minister of Defence), Governor Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Dikko Mohammed Umar and Erelu Olusola Obada, the Minister of State for Defence (in white hat). 

At the Air Force Expo

President Goodluck Jonathan, in full Admiral uniform, at the dais of the Presidential Fleet Review at NNS BEECROFT, Lagos. 

President Jonathan, in full Admiral uniform, takes the salute at the review of troops at the Presidential Fleet Review.  The rank here is the Marshal of the Fleet.

You can watch the video here>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5vyZjmRegYg 

President of the Federal Republic of Swagger. He looks very nice and smart in military uniforms. I am yet to see him wearing the full regalia of the Nigerian Army, I guess that will be the hottest. You can kindly forward any if you have. Thanks!