The Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has presented two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to President Bola Tinubu.
The presentation took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
A statement issued by the Director of Press, Information and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike,
on Friday quoted the Minister to have told the President that the “two vessels would to help in the fight against insecurity on our waterways in particular and the nation in general”.
“The two unmanned ships was a donation by Swift Ship Company in USA to Nigerian Government,” the minister explained.
Presenting the two versions of the equipment – the S2 and S3 Swift Sea Stalkers – he said that the hi-tech equipment are the latest technologies that would be deployed in fighting insecurity in the Niger Delta, Lake Chad Region and other maritime regions of the country.
It would be recalled that the minister recently undertook a working visit to the US and inspected NEANY, Swift Ships and the OCR Global, hi- tech military hardware producing companies in the US.
Furthermore, the minister said that the donation of the vessels is the gain of his working visit to some companies in US.
Matawalle intimated Tinubu that the tour was aimed at promoting innovative technologies that would enhance the Nigerian military’s efficiency in addressing contemporary security challenges.
In addition the minister said that the idea was to encourage partnership with the US companies in the production of military hardware locally in Nigeria in collaboration with Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON).
Matawalle added that the new-found partnership would afford Nigeria the opportunity to learn the innovative ways of military hardware production which is in line with Tinubu’s agenda of securing the nation.
The minister further briefed the President that part of the facilities he inspected while in the US included rapid deployment mobile RADAR system, unmanned water vehicles, drone ground control station, and compact biometric search-scan system, among others.
He reassured the President that the cutting-edge military and intelligence hardware capabilities presented would go a long way in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria.
