Jonathan to Commission Four Naval War Ships This Week

By Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
In line with the ongoing efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime boundaries and territorial waters, President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday Commission four newly acquired naval warships for the Nigerian Navy (NN).
The Naval Director of Information (DINFO), Commodore Kabiru Aliyu, in a statement on Sunday confirmed the recently delivered four warships as NNS CENTENARY, NNS OKPABANA, NNS PROSPERITY and NNS SAGBAMA.
Aliyu said the commissioning ceremony of the ships will be performed by the President Jonathan at the Naval Dockyard Ltd, Victoria Island, Lagos.
He noted that the acquisition of the naval ships is a landmark achievement for the Nigerian Navy and the Federal Government.
According to him, "the occasion is unique because this is the first time in the history of the Nigerian Navy that four capital warships will be commissioned at once.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-to-commission-four-naval-war-ships-this-week/201957/

assu2013:
Nice move for political reason or to fight BH na!

obo389:

the one wey tompolo buy nko?e no go commission am?

mojounited:

I beg to disagree. The Nigerian Navy has a laid down long term plan to make our Navy a blue water Navy by 2020. By acquiring OPVs, Frigates, Submarines and anti-submarine capable helicopters, we'd be able defend our entire territorial waters and also launch devastating strikes/blows to any external aggressors i.e if we wanted to scare Cameroon off Bakassi and take back

This has nothing to do with the President, it's the vision statement of the Nigerian Navy. The President can only take credit for not scuttling the budget plans of the Navy and maybe encouraging more local content which can be seen from the 32-metre NNS Andoni and our 2nd 1800 ton OPV which will be built 70% in China and 30% in-country to achieve technology transfer.

Mods, do the needful

calebo101:

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Boss please let's sometimes give credit to whom it is due. It has been achieved under Jonathan, that should be the keyword. All parastatal of Government have always had vision statement but don't live up to it. If there is a deviance of norm and visions such as arming the Military and resuscitating Agriculture are being achieved under any administration then it is safe to say that is the achievement of the Government.

Kudos to GEJ. Your good work would judge you and your achievements despite the detractors would continue unabated till 2019.

mojounited:


Understood. I didn't want the thread to seem political and degenerate into APC vs PDP bashing but I guess that's been defeated now...anything goes in the politics section so a wee bit of mudslinging is allowed

nellyjohn:
What really surprise me is dat despite all odds and the attack from APC to GEJ, he is still not moved and goes around doing his good work.
Well done my able president.
GEJ till 2019

mojounited:

I beg to disagree. The Nigerian Navy has a laid down long term plan to make our Navy a blue water Navy by 2020. By acquiring OPVs, Frigates, Submarines and anti-submarine capable helicopters, we'd be able defend our entire territorial waters and also launch devastating strikes/blows to any external aggressors i.e if we wanted to scare Cameroon off Bakassi and take back

This has nothing to do with the President, it's the vision statement of the Nigerian Navy. The President can only take credit for not scuttling the budget plans of the Navy and maybe encouraging more local content which can be seen from the 32-metre NNS Andoni and our 2nd 1800 ton OPV which will be built 70% in China and 30% in-country to achieve technology transfer.

Mods, do the needful

castrogee:


You talk like someone with an immense knowledge of the goings-on in the navy. May you kindly explain what their vision 2020 is all about, and how far are they committed to it?

tswitch:
Good one Mr. President.

@ OP: Remember the one(s) given to Dame Patience in Korea? Are they among the naval vessels commissioned?

mojounited:

@tswitch
If memory serves me right, could the ship you're referring to be the Fishery and Oceanography Research Vessel from Poland pictured below?

From all indications, non of the listed ships available for commissioning next tomorrow was/has been received or inspected by the First Lady.

1st Ship: From USA
2nd Ship: From China
3rd Ship: From Ireland
4th Ship: From Nigeria (locally built). Romour has it that the fourth ship could also be the gifted Missile Defence Boat from China.

Big ups to the NN.

tswitch:


Not from Poland.
Korea.
That model in the picture you posted on this thread was given to Dame Patience.
I think that was around the same period she got her honorary doctorate (Korea too).
Vessel must have been commissioned then.
On the fourth ship:It wilk still be built by the Chinese,what the FGN is doing by completing works in Nigeria is to build lical capacity-jobs,skills etc and also save up in some FOREX.

Hail NN!
Hail Mr. president!
Hail Nigeria!

mojounited:

I meant the Fishery and Oceanography Research Vessel which we got from Poland. And yes, you're absolutely right about the Submarine model as depicted in the picture - that was in Korea

Quite excited about what's to come in the next couple of years...

tswitch:


Yes.......
A lot of Nigeria Engineers will be able to get requisite hands in experience......
Still hoping for when we can launch our own Submarines and have our own functional ATAC system.
Better days yet ahead!

CFCfan:

Yeah, I hope one day that Nigeria would start manufacturing her own destroyers and one or two aircraft carriers.
The later could be a tall order because they're so expensive to build. A US Nimitz-class aircraft costs close to $1bn.

mojounited:

You wish That'd be a very tall dream but nothing is impossible when you set out achievable targets and work assiduously towards meeting them.

However, I don't think we need an aircraft carrier to project power in West-Africa as long as our next door neighbours do not pose a considerable amount of threat that could be deemed beyond a DEFCON 3

@tswitch, it seems we now know the fourth item on our list to be commissioned by Mr President today. According to beegeagle's blog, it's the Type 062 Shanghai II patrol craft - probably a gift from the Chinese? See attached pic (more or less a missile defense boat, that's if we decide to arm it)

Seun and Mods don't seem to like our Navy very much. Na APC vs PDP news/bashing them want

CFCfan:

Yeah, I hope one day that Nigeria would start manufacturing her own destroyers and one or two aircraft carriers.
The later could be a tall order because they're so expensive to build. A US Nimitz-class aircraft costs close to $1bn.