Nigeria’s Colonel Charles Nengite broke a 38-year record and became the best performing foreigner in the U.S Army War College.
He went home with not just his M.Sc degree in Strategic Studies, but 6 other awards for outstanding performance in different courses.
The College authorities also recognised Col. Nengite’s efforts towards elimination of sexual harassment in the workplace when he wrote a seminar paper titled “I am your friend”.
He also won the US Army War College Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research for a paper he wrote on how to combat Boko Haram.
Beating 380 other students to the top position, his performance was described by the College Commandant, Maj.-Gen. William Rapp, as one of the best in the international fellows programmes at the USAWC.
