The Chief of Army Staff, who made this known at the
inauguration of the vehicles in Kaduna, said the equipment has
aided military operations against bandits and Boko Haram/ISWAP
terrorists in the North East.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
vehicles, which are designed specifically to withstand improvised
explosive device attacks and ambushes, were manufactured by the
Command Engineering Depot, Kaduna.
Buratai, who was represented by
Maj.-Gen.Jamil Sarham, the Commandant Nigerian
Defence Academy (NDA), also inaugurated the Smart Factory (SF) also
called Additive Manufacturing Technology, Vehicles Assembly shop
and Officers/Soldiers accommodation at Command Engineering depot
(CED).
“The vehicles have significantly improved our
capability to defeat our common adversary, Boko Haram and the
Islamic State of West Africa Province,’’ he said.
The army chief said that the induction of the vehicles
was a “clear testament to the unprecedented commitment of the
Nigerian Army to building industrial capacity of the CED to
undertake in-depth Research, Development and Innovation
(RDI).’’
“Today, one
of the greatest challenges facing the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN)
and other security agencies is an outright reliance on importation
of defence logistics from allies.
“Accordingly, President Muhammadu
Buhari posits that Nigeria dependence on other
countries for critical military equipment is unacceptable, the
country must evolve viable mechanism for near self-sufficiency in
military equipment and logistics production,’
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’ he said.
Buratai said that the president charge, therefore, made
the Nigeria Army to initiate collaboration among CED, Defence
Industries Corporation of Nigeria and Buffalo Engineering Technical
Services Ltd., to produce the local MRAPs.
He said that additional defence logistic requirements
produced through the collaboration include “Light Armoured
Tactical Vehicle, Special Patrol Vehicle, Mobile Field Bakery and
Mobile Borehole Drilling Machine among others.’’
“Succinctly, these platforms are aiding the
Nigerian Army to perform its constitutional roles across all
spectra of warfare such as the ongoing counter insurgency
operations in the North East and other operations.’’
Earlier, Maj.-Gen. Sunday Araoye, the
Commander Engineering Depot, said the induction of the vehicles was
clear manifestation of the Nigerian Army’s commitment to enhancing
industrial base in the country.
Araoye said that uncommon approach was adopted in
fabricating the hardware for the armed forces and other security
agencies in the country.
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