During Tuesday's state banquet to host Paul Biya, President of Cameroon and his wife, Chantal, President Muhammadu Buhari revealed that as a result of the carnage of Boko Haram, there are over 56,000 refugees in Cameroon.
August 19, 2024 1:36 amAs a teenager living in Kaduna in the 1990s, with an uncle who was a Colonel in the Nigerian Army, I was often puzzled by the annual Christmas gift we received from him—a bag of salt from the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria . Given my understanding that DICON stood for Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, I could not fathom why the organization was producing salt instead of military hardware.
In 2015, former President Buhari directed the Ministry of Defence to develop a clear and measurable strategy for enhancing Nigeria’s security industrialization. This was part of his broader vision to re-engineer DICON to meet the nation’s military hardware and logistical needs. In 2019, the President launched the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle produced by DICON, a notable first in the country’s history.
This is the direction taken by serious nations committed to safeguarding their security. Germany’s Diehl Defence and the United Kingdom’s BAE Systems are similar examples in Europe. Nigeria, a nation rich in resources and blessed with a brilliant populace, should naturally be a leader in producing its own military hardware.
It is within this context that the current administration’s strategic military objectives, which seek to empower the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, are of paramount importance. Dr. Matawalle recently led DICON in signing a significant Memorandum of Understanding with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to establish a factory for producing arms and ammunition for the Nigerian Armed Forces. This achievement is far from trivial.
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