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.
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.