The Federal Authorities says it has taken steps to start the manufacturing of navy {hardware} within the Ajaokuta Metal Complicated because the Ministries of Metal Growth and Defence plan to signal a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation.
The Minister of Metal Growth, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, and his counterpart, the Minister of State, Defence, Bello Matawalle, made this revelation after a gathering on Wednesday in Abuja.
The collaborations, in response to Prince Audu, would carry to fruition the imaginative and prescient of the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu geared at reviving the Ajaokuta Metal Complicated for metal manufacturing for a number of functions, together with navy {hardware}.
He stated the Ajaokuta Metal complicated has varied engineering workshops with the capability to supply {hardware} for the navy beneath the Defence Industries Company of Nigeria, DICON, Act.
“At this time is a day that we’ve all waited for beneath the renewed hope agenda with the approaching to fruition of a partnership between each ministries, the Ministry of Metal Growth and the Ministry of Defence.
“There are a selection of issues we’ve agreed on, together with signing an MoU in order that DICON and Ajaokuta Metal Firm Restricted can accomplice to supply navy {hardware} resembling rifles, vests, helmets, and bullets, amongst different issues, within the Ajaokuta Metal Complicated,” Audu stated.
On his half, the Minister of State, Defence, stated all that has been agreed upon for the manufacturing of navy {hardware} and a Army Industrial Complicated in Ajaokuta was in step with the renewed hope agenda of Mr President.
