In addition, honorary positions were created from the ranks of militia officers. Regardless of the military origin of the role, Queen Victoria also named a number of “naval warrant officers” as a “compliment to sister service.” [16] On May 10, 2018, the party was adopted by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo`s political movement called the Coalition movement for Nigeria (CNM). [9] Obasanjo is now the party`s chairman. According to his speech titled “My Treaty for the Future of Democracy and Development in Nigeria”, the NJC`s goal was to adopt the ADC, “to work with others to bring about a desirable change in Nigerian politics and governance”. [10] For the selection of its candidates for the 2023 Nigerian presidential elections, the ADC used the indirect primary method, in which only accredited delegates participated in the nomination of candidates who would run on the party`s platform in the 2023 Nigerian parliamentary elections. [19] On June 9, 2022, the African Democratic Congress elected Dumebi Kachikwu as a candidate in the 2023 Nigerian general elections. [20] The official insignia of an aide-de-camp is usually the needle, a string braided in gold or other colors worn on the shoulder of a uniform. Whether it is worn on the left or right shoulder is dictated by protocol. Warrant officers of the United States Army wear a special device instead of branch insignia (e.g., infantry, artillery, quartermasters) that they would otherwise wear on the lapel of their service uniform. The rank of the general officer who served is indicated on the aircraft worn by the warrant officer, as shown below. Although the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff hold O-10 positions, their warrant officers carry equipment specifically for these offices and not the normal four-star auxiliary device. In addition, an aide-de-camp wears a special needle on the shoulder of his uniform. A distinctive and elaborate uniform in full clothing was worn by army assistants, but its use was largely abandoned after the First World War.

In the case of the Queen`s Personal Warrant Officer and the Chief Warrant Officer, the officers concerned continue to wear the Royal Numeral after the appointment has been waived; and if he or she has held the position under more than one leader, then encryption is supported by everyone. [22][23] Otherwise, an officer would cease to wear the equipment after his appointment as warrant officer was abandoned (except that former warrant officers of the sovereign appointed before 1988 may continue to wear the royal number). [19] As in other Commonwealth empires where the Queen is head of state, the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea has two full-time warrant officers. One is from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and the other from the Royal Papua New Guinea Police in the ranks of the PNGDF Captain and the RPNGC Superintendent. [7] The party was originally called the Alliance for Democratic Change when it was founded in 2005, but renamed it the African Democratic Congress when the party was registered with the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). [6] The purpose of this name change was for the Party to be able to “effectively capture and reflect the aspirations of our people.” [7] ADC is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria. [8] In each of the armed forces, the Chief of Staff and other senior officers have their own warrant officers, usually with the rank of major or lieutenant-colonel or equivalent. At the unit level, Unit S1 (Personnel Officer) acts as the Unit Commander`s Warrant Officer, although this practice has recently been left in many units only for ceremonial purposes, while for day-to-day duties, a senior non-commissioned officer performs the warrant officer`s activities. Controversy erupted in 2006 when President Néstor Kirchner decided to promote his army adjutant, Lieutenant-Colonel Graham, to the rank of colonel a year before his class.

After taking office, former President Cristina Kirchner decided to have female officers as warrant officers for the first time. In India, officers with the rank of major general and equivalent and higher persons in sister services who are at the head of peace divisions or commands have warrant officers who usually belong to their general`s superior regiment/battalion. There have been cases where the sons served a mandate as aide-de-camp to their father. In India, aide-de-camp is an honorary title, and current and former aides-de-camp receive the post-nominal letters ADC.