[size=14pt]Bad Deal: US ‘unserviceable’ gift of 24 used MRAPs[/size]

On the 6th of January, 2015, Nigeria received 24 used Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP). The US government announced the donation of the 24 Mine Resistant Ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles which it said was valued at $11 million.

But that's not the end of story:

Nigeria is said to have received the MRAP vehicles from the E[b]xcess Defense Articles Programme[/b] of the US government.

Nigeria got 24 used MRAPs while Iraq received 250 MRAPs, which according to Foreign Policy ‘Supplying new weapons to Iraq and refurbishing its poorly maintained war stocks’ is an ‘urgent priority for Barack Obama’s administration’ 

NO SPARE PARTS

According to the Minister of Defence Maj. Gen Dan Ali who received the MRAPs on behalf of the government, he complained to the US government that the vehicles are not serviceable and arrived without spare parts, in his words 

 “We appreciate what the US has done but like Oliver Twist, we will appreciate if more is done. The vehicles came without spare parts.”

“Not all of them are serviceable. The US should provide the necessary spare parts to enable us repair those that need to be serviced.”

It’s not free, it does costs Nigeria a lot 

Meanwhile the 250 MRAPs donated to Iraq is at no cost, and include a servicing deal ‘that also provided six months of US-provided maintenance for the hulking blast-resistant vehicles.’WTF !

Not only did Nigeria paid for the transportation of these used, unserviceable MRAP vehicles, the country will also have to pay for the maintenance and repairs of the vehicles, In the words of Col. Doyle, Defense Attache to Nigeria;  

“The Nigerian military arranged for transportation from the port to Lagos”

”The repairs of the vehicles is up to the Nigerian government to do that,” he said.

From the Col. Doyle’s comment, the Nigerian government will also have to pay some more to get those vehicles to shape, and there are conditions attached, continue;

“They will have to order those parts from the United States and we will work out those conditions and how they will do that but when you say they will pay the United States, the easiest way to do that is to open a government-to-government case, where we can then work with them to ensure they get the correct parts and get them in a time and manner and from the correct manufacturers and the parts they actually need.”

The vehicles are not yet combat ready

The Minister of Defence, also hinted that the vehicles may not be in a combat ready shape as it would be moved “as soon as possible” to the Nigerian Army Electrical Maintenance Engineers workshop in Bauchi.

‎”They will make the necessary assessments and I believe that ongoing discussions with our American partners, the spare parts will be made available and they will be repaired.”

Nigeria should still expect about 8 more of similar donations soon according to the US.

Meanwhile, “the MRAPs being donated to Iraq are only the latest in a line of light and heavy weapons the United States has been rushing to Iraq to rebuild the country’s military, after several thousand Iraqi troops abandoned their equipment in the fight against Islamic State militants in the summer of 2014.”

The US defense attache said;  “The Excess Defense Articles Programme is designed to transfer excess military equipment from the US to foreign governments or international organisations to help with modernisation of partner nation military capabilities. 

Besides this MRAP donations, the US government in recent years have given Warships decommissioned from its fleet to the Nigerian Navy;

“Through a similar programme, the U.S. government donated to the Nigerian Navy the NNS Okpabana in 2014 and NNS Thunder in 2012.  The two ships have bolstered maritime security in Nigeria.”

[size=14pt]With this latest donation it is possible the US government is they are paying lip service to the term modernization or underestimating the threats of Boko Haram. Or could it be a way to boost the American government preying on the foolishness of Africa’s grateful leaders.[/size]

We all know Boko Haram is the world’s 2nd most deadly and funded terrorist group. This is the ISIS of Africa.

Pictures of the Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicles donated to the Nigerian army by the US government to help Nigeria in its campaign against terrorism BELOW.

SOURCE: http://www.thewhistleng.com/us-unservicable-gift-of-24-used-mraps-nigeria-iraq/

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Sorry for the long story but am I the only one starting to feel "just a li'll bit owned" with all these funny games play openly on our semi-gullible leaders?!

US playin naija since 2700BC

US is a pure capitalist nation. There is nothing like free from them. If you get to know the cost of the parts, u will begin to wonder if they are buying a new one. Reason being that they will be the sole supplier.

That is what being smart in business entails. They are shiping out worn out machines. U will still pay for parts to fix them. When they become unserviceable, they becomes junks in millitary yard.

That is what makes their economy solid.

Greek gift!

You think its new that barak is a Muslim? He must support his terrorist friends na...

Why did they even accept them sef?

That is what you get when you decide to be a beggar instead of giver.

To be honest this is a very weighty slap in the face of Nigeria

I tot some people were saying they would use the MRAPS to finish IPOB?

Awon odes!

lalasticlala

oshyno:
US is a pure capitalist nation. There is nothing like free from them. If you get to know the cost of the parts, u will begin to wonder if they are buying a new one. Reason being that they will be the sole supplier.

That is what being smart in business entails. They are shiping out worn out machines. U will still pay for parts to fix them. When they become unserviceable, they becomes junks in millitary yard.

That is what makes their economy solid.

keep shut some of you are just saying rubbish. Yes it was given to us free while we are to effect some minor repairs. I was fortunate to see a few of this vehicle upper Sunday when they were being transported by flatbed trailers at Ikeja cantonment. Some where driven onto the flatbeds. If we as a country can look inwards we can learn and build a copy of our own by striping down one of the vehicles ,call in proforce or styer Baluchi or other hi tech companies to do a re Erse engineering of sort of which we can build a variant of our own.

chrisblack:
keep shut some of you are just saying rubbish. Yes it was given to us free while we are to effect some minor repairs. I was fortunate to see a few of this vehicle upper Sunday when they were being transported by flatbed trailers at Ikeja cantonment. Some where driven onto the flatbeds. If we as a country can look inwards we can learn and build a copy of our own by striping down one of the vehicles ,call in proforce or styer Baluchi or other hi tech companies to do a re Erse engineering of sort of which we can build a variant of our own.

God bless .As Dan Ali has instructed the MRAPs will meet our Guys in Bauchi, I trust them to work with civilians including know mechanics in Jos Area to find suitable short term solution. while we find away to build ours using its design n features

chrisblack:
keep shut some of you are just saying rubbish. Yes it was given to us free while we are to effect some minor repairs. I was fortunate to see a few of this vehicle upper Sunday when they were being transported by flatbed trailers at Ikeja cantonment. Some where driven onto the flatbeds. If we as a country can look inwards we can learn and build a copy of our own by striping down one of the vehicles ,call in proforce or styer Baluchi or other hi tech companies to do a re Erse engineering of sort of which we can build a variant of our own.

It wasn't given to Nigeria free of charge! Go and read up and stop fomenting/believing lies.

IbnSultaan:

God bless .As Dan Ali has instructed the MRAPs will meet our Guys in Bauchi, I trust them to work with civilians including know mechanics in Jos Area to find suitable short term solution. while we find away to build ours using its design n features

You build using its design n features? Have u heard of intellectual property?

perfect dump yard

kenny987:


You build using its design n features? Have u heard of intellectual property?

its down. you wouldn't adopt their system. you use it to guide you when building urs
we already have Proforce n co building armored cars. little heads up from such tech can help them improve

[size=18pt]FUBAR[/size]

Fcked Up Beyond Any Repair

Chanji

IbnSultaan:

God bless .As Dan Ali has instructed the MRAPs will meet our Guys in Bauchi, I trust them to work with civilians including know mechanics in Jos Area to find suitable short term solution. while we find away to build ours using its design n features

Lolz.

Mechanics that can't repair simple automatic gear transmissions ?

You guys are jokers.

The US dumped scrap on you in the name of assisting to fight terrorism.

Is this what Buhari went to Washington alongside Oshiomole and his ashewoe wife to negotiate for?

I lol

chrisblack:
keep shut some of you are just saying rubbish. Yes it was given to us free while we are to effect some minor repairs. I was fortunate to see a few of this vehicle upper Sunday when they were being transported by flatbed trailers at Ikeja cantonment. Some where driven onto the flatbeds. If we as a country can look inwards we can learn and build a copy of our own by striping down one of the vehicles ,call in proforce or styer Baluchi or other hi tech companies to do a re Erse engineering of sort of which we can build a variant of our own.

And when they finish doing trial and error repairs I hope you will volunteer to test run one of the vehicles into sambisa.

My dear there is no free lunch oooo

Abi una no sabi how to service am?.