The Minister of Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has presented two Hi-Tech unmanned water vessels to President Bola Tinubu.
This is according to a statement by Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Press and Public Relations, MoD, on Friday in Abuja.
The vessels are expected to help in the fight against insecurity on the nation’s waterways in particular and the country in general.
The two unmanned ships were a donation by Swift Ship Company, USA, to the Nigerian government.
While presenting the two versions of the equipment, the S2 and S3 Swift Sea Stalkers, to Tinubu, the minister said the hi-tech equipment were the latest technologies that would be deployed in combating insecurity in the Niger Delta, Lake Chad region and other maritime regions of the country.
According to him, the feat was the gain of his recent working visit to some companies in the United States, adding that the tour was aimed at promoting innovative technologies that would enhance the Nigerian military’s efficiency in addressing contemporary security challenges.
The minister recently visited the United States and inspected NEANY, Swift Ships, and the OCR Global, Hi-Tech military producing hardware companies in the US.
The minister also explained 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.
