President
Muhammadu Buhari on Friday directed the Ministry of Defence to produce a
plan for the establishment of a military industrial complex for the
local production of weapons for the use of the nation’s armed forces.
According
to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, the President gave the directive at the graduation ceremony
of the National Defence College, Abuja.
He
said the location production of weapons was meant to end the current
over-dependence on other countries for military equipment and
logistics.
He said such a thing was not acceptable to his administration.
“We must
evolve viable mechanisms for near-self-sufficiency in military equipment
and logistics production complemented only by very advanced foreign
technologies.
“The
Ministry of Defence is being tasked to draw up clear and measurable
outlines for development of a modest military industrial complex for
Nigeria.
“In this
regard, it is to liaise with other strategic MDAs and industries to
re-engineer the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria to meet
national military hardware and logistics requirements,” the President
was quoted as saying.
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