Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja

The Federal Government is proposing to spend N65.03bn for the acquisition of various military aircraft, combat equipment, trucks and maintenance of boats among others in the 2016 fiscal period.

Details of this amount are contained in the 2016 budget which President Muhammadu Buhari presented to a joint session of the National Assembly in December, 2015.

A copy of the budget for the military was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.

The N65.03bn, according to an analysis of the budget document, is part of the total sum of N311.38bn allocated to the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force for the 2016 fiscal year.

Out of the N311.38bn, the sum of N139.8bn, made up of capital expenditure of N120.01bn and recurrent expenditure of N19.78bn is allocated to the Nigerian Army.

For the Nigerian Navy, the sum of N85.97bn is allocated for its operations. This amount is made up of N60.33bn for recurrent expenditure and N25.64bn for capital spending.

The Nigerian Air Force has a total budget of N85.61bn, made up of N62.15bn for recurrent expenditure and N23.46bn for capital expenditure.

Giving details of the weapons to be acquired for the operation of the Navy, the fiscal document states that the sum of N5bn is budgeted for the procurement of three JF-17 Thunder-multi role combat aircraft.

The government, according to the document, has also allocated the sum of N11.6bn for the procurement of two MI-35m helicopter, while N2.06bn is being proposed to acquire 10 Super Mushak trainer aircraft.

Other operational equipment to be acquired for the Navy are aircraft spares, N1.7bn; combat equipment, outfits and training for Quick Response Force, N350m; arms and ammunition such as 30MM Canon, 68MM SNEB live rocket, F3 and F4 practice bomb, N480m.

Also being proposed for the Navy is infrastructural development at the newly established Forward Operational Base and NAF Units at a cost of N2.2bn.

For the Nigerian Army, the budget document states that the sum of N5.64bn has been budgeted for the purchase of defence equipment; N2bn for kitting of armed forces personnel; and N1.96bn for the purchase of trucks.

Similarly, the sum of N2.07bn is being proposed for security votes including operations while N7.24bn has been budgeted for the construction of military barracks.

For the Navy, the budget document states that the purchase of defence equipment will gulp N18.29bn while the sum of N372.95m and N734.06m are budgeted for the maintenance of aircraft and sea boats respectively.

In the same vein, the document indicates that the government is planning to spend N1.7bn to purchase surveying equipment, N296.88m to fuel aircraft; N645.35m for sea boats and N706.07m for security votes, including operations.

http://www.punchng.com/fg-to-spend-n65bn-on-warplanes-weapons-others/

Hope no dasuki will embezzle this.. just hoping

Gradually but surely we shall get there and the bastar.d Ayatollah of Iran and the useless Iranians will dare not poke their dirty mouths in our internal affairs again.

So we are still going to buy this pakistani JF thunder plane that sources its many spare parts from several countries. Is the SU too complicated for our airmen

Nothing will happen to our money this time.

No shaking Baba is in control.


SAI BABA

Wow! And dat bastard dasuki wasted our 2.1bn jst lyk dat

IyaIode:
So we are still going to buy this pakistani JF thunder plane that sources its many spare parts from several countries. Is the SU too complicated for our airmen

JF 17 is an awesome multirole bird, cheap n Good
fits our short n Long term strategy.
we have eyes on Su30
this is just the initial phrase

IbnSultaan:

JF 17 is an awesome multirole bird, cheap n Good
fits our short n Long term strategy.
we have eyes on Su30
this is just the initial phrase

U might be right on the short term plan but i hope we dont see these bird lying in rot in a few yrs time.
SU does it for me

All that for N65? One can only imagine what we could have bought with $2.1b. *sighs*

IyaIode:

U might be right on the short term plan but i hope we dont see these bird lying in rot in a few yrs time.
SU does it for me

Pakistanis will provide us with flexible package
NGR needs I've 40 air platforms for both ground attacks n Aerial welfare. so the SU24/30 will come

Iyalode JF17 is also a 4th Gen jet comes with technology transfer for Nigeria to build the jets at
home and maybe even export,

We also need atleast 8 battalions of the Russian S300 missile defense systems & the Russian BUK missile systems.

Jf-17 thunder? Are you kidding me?
For a country that has no detterence?
The priority should be getting those russian sukhois and get your defences sorted out first.
Technology transfer comes later.

N65 Billion? What are they buying? Only Riffles? That Money is too small oh!

#65b budget for defence is less than 12% of what Dasuki and his cohorts in PDP shared. May God help this administration and preserve Naija

Change!

Back then it was "America will not sell weapons to us". Just to keep us talking while they smiled all the way to the bank.

Ask them to show what they bought and they will go like "it is top secret". Meanwhile everything we had was on Wikipedia.

The lies were just too much and the atrocities unforgivable.

lol..with just 65billion?? what do you want to buy...I guess dat is just for bullets only

IbnSultaan:

Pakistanis will provide us with flexible package
NGR needs I've 40 air platforms for both ground attacks n Aerial welfare. so the SU24/30 will come

What will the NAF be doing with 2-3 squadrons of jets?

Missy89:

What will the NAF be doing with 2-3 squadrons of jets?

it beats me too!

emorse:
All that for N65? One can only imagine what we could have bought with $2.1b. *sighs*

only God wil punish d last administration.

IyaIode:
So we are still going to buy this pakistani JF thunder plane that sources its many spare parts from several countries. Is the SU too complicated for our airmen

those things cost o
no be maimai to buy sukhoi o

IyaIode:
So we are still going to buy this pakistani JF thunder plane that sources its many spare parts from several countries. Is the SU too complicated for our airmen

those things cost o
no be maimai to buy sukhoi o
and we really don't need more than
armed t6s to fight insurgents
ordinary killer eggs don do sef for the budget conscious military

IyaIode:

U might be right on the short term plan but i hope we dont see these bird lying in rot in a few yrs time.
SU does it for me

would it not be better for migs to rot than sukhoi
no maintenance culture remember

CSTR2:
Jf-17 thunder? Are you kidding me?
For a country that has no detterence?
The priority should be getting those russian sukhois and get your defences sorted out first.
Technology transfer comes later.

defence from who exactly
wasting money on warplanes instead of tractors

Missy89:


What will the NAF be doing with 2-3 squadrons of jets?

you can see how Daft you all are, ordinary woman is making sense you're all here salivating on toys you can't maintain. abeg Missy your head de dia

DonBobes:

only God wil punish d last administration.

de console yourself nothing go happen they will settle themselves they will plea bargain God will not come down to do what is your responsibility

Zoharariel:
We also need atleast 8 battalions of the Russian S300 missile defense systems & the Russian BUK missile systems.

why? who is violating Nigeria's airspace?

Zoharariel:
We also need atleast 8 battalions of the Russian S300 missile defense systems & the Russian BUK missile systems.

u cnt make a good defence minister with ur statement

IbnSultaan:

JF 17 is an awesome multirole bird, cheap n Good
fits our short n Long term strategy.
we have eyes on Su30
this is just the initial phrase

a unit of SU 30 bomber cost between $30million-$40million,it wld take years before we're able to afford the funds to buy advance fighter craft...besides,nigeria isnt involved in any go-political tussle,so we dont need bombers,attact helicopters wld meet our domestic needs..

Nigeria should just buy the following...
-''10'' F-22 Raptor.
-Atleast '5' Northrope Grummen B-2 Bomber.
-'5' Russian Gravestone Surface-to-Air-Misssiles.
-'3' Zumwalt ships.
-'1' Seawolf Submarine or Dolphin class.
All these are enough to serve as a deterrent to Iran and some other stubborn countries.
just kidding. Lol

IyaIode:
So we are still going to buy this pakistani JF thunder plane that sources its many spare parts from several countries. Is the SU too complicated for our airmen

The JF 17 is a good multirole fighter and half the price of a new block SU or MIG. The only Russian or American planes we would get at such a price would be used planes retired from other air forces.

A J10 could have been an alternative. I would also advice we invest in a couple of YAK 130 or Super Torcano for low bombing runs