Dayo Adenubi


The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, says the military is unrelenting in the prosecution of war against terrorists and bandits across the country.

He also said weapons to be acquired from the recently approved supplementary budget might not arrive earlier than one year because manufacturers needed time to produce the military hardware.

Amao made the remarks at the presentation of a Christian devotional book titled, “The Amazing Life” on Saturday in Lagos. The book was written by an aviation professional, Damilola Ogunseye.

Speaking on what the Federal Government is doing to tackle insecurity, the CAS said, “Speaking as the Chief of Air Staff and member of the leadership of the national security architecture of the nation, I wish to assure you that we are working assiduously to ensure that lasting peace is restored to all troubled parts of the country so that the current security challenges we are experiencing will soon become a thing of the past.”

Amao said while the government was doing the needful in tackling the security challenges.

He added, “I can also assure you that the President has given us all we want to see that the security challenge is brought down. One thing you should understand is that recently, the supplementary budget was approved for us.

“But the money approved cannot buy anything until one to three years because most of our equipment cannot be purchased on the shelf; they have to be manufactured.

“For instance, the Super Tucano had been paid for more than three years ago, and we are just receiving them. That is the development with military equipment.”

Speaking on the new book, Amao said, “God’s promise of an amazing life does not only apply to us as individuals, families or churches alone but also to the entire nation.

“I believe that as we collectively apply these biblical principles and guidance in this book, our nation, Nigeria will begin to see the blessings of God as they become manifestly evident in the affairs of the nation and the desired transformation will be revealed.”

Ogunseye said the move to author the book started in 2018 when God instructed him to author a devotional that people could read and have their lives transformed.

He attributed moral decadence among the youth to lack of the fear of God, noting that humanity had relegated the word of God to the background.

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BruncleZuma:


If I talk, dem go term me troll hehehehehe

Actually the man may be right, it'll take the fish to leave the water and tell us if this crocodile has one eye.

Hallabee1:


Aje...


So na watin you con do now...You need slap

AlphaAlex:
Liars Which manufacturers?? All the weapons manufacturers always have weapons in stock make una Dey lie small small . Bloody shameless military of Nigeria.

AlphaAlex:
Liars Which manufacturers?? All the weapons manufacturers always have weapons in stock make una Dey lie small small . Bloody shameless military of Nigeria.

Gadafii:
Weapons that are readily available for purchase from Russia and other places, these clowns want us to wait for three years , bandits would have taken aso rock, taken over the middle East, set up a caliphate in the southwest, etc


I always wonder what the yearly budgets for defense before the escalation of security issues were used for.

Billions were always budget for defense, yet out soldier are always seeing with Rusty ak47, poorly kitted, mounting skinny pick up trucks on battle fronts, when they should be on rugged APCs

Cognitivereason:
You don't know what ur saying..
You think military hardware manufacturing is like ur normal phone or laptops or other items....
No standard military equipment manufacturer produce and stock them up....any country wiling to buy must go through a constituted process, pay and await production and delivery...
Am.talking about the fighter jets, tank, MRAP kind of equipments

There is no military contractor in the whole world including Boeing, Lockheed martins, embraer, Northrop Grumman, Leonardo, BAE system etc produce equipments or jets and store them in warehouses waiting for buyers

aeishac02:
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AlphaAlex:
you too shut up your mouth your military is giving flimsy excuses and you are backing them how do boko haram get their weapons shey na wait them dey wait What are the special weapons your lousy military needs? Are they more sophisticated than the US Army? Dey there make pant Dey wear you. If they were serious they would have stockpiles since 2019 . Na mumu dey believe Nigerian military if you like sit there and be listening to their excuses. People that are supplying boko haram arms on a daily basis be like na yesterday them born you for Nigeria.