overhypedsteve:
but is the old woodland Camo still in use. Cus some Men still use them.

It's no more in production, but it will be an under-statement to say it's no more in service, cos some service men still have them and they use them till today.

bidexiii:

Dude you make me......... !!!
Nigeria army currently uses. 2 - 3 camouflage, except for soldiers who still wears the old types of camouflage? Now those guys that just came from eastern Europe ; I mean the SF uses only two types of camouflage. It's serious capital to standardize a army of over 200,000!
The picture below shows the three basic camo variants the NA uses.

Nah bro. It's way too many varieties... Scroll back 3 - 5 pages. SF units inclusive(getting trained in different countries don't automatically mean all are SF), how many kinds of varieties have they got on?

Add to the regular soldiers with their different blends of woodland, desert and digital camo. It's an eyesore.
Tis a professional army, not a militia. Or is it different Divisions have chosen their own clothing.

overhypedsteve:
but is the old woodland Camo still in use. Cus some Men still use them.

It is no longer in production.

BlackBaron:

Nah bro. It's way too many varieties... Scroll back 3 - 5 pages. SF units inclusive(getting trained in different countries don't automatically mean all are SF), how many kinds of varieties have they got on?

Add to the regular soldiers with their different blends of woodland, desert and digital camo. It's an eyesore.
Tis a professional army, not a militia. Or is it different Divisions have chosen their own clothing.

; from the picture I posted NA regular troops or basic camouflage uses 3 types of camo ; desert,woodland and the digital kind of?. The SF only uses two types one is generally and the other is lighter?
Am not saying some old ones are not still in use!

BlackBaron:

Nah bro. It's way too many varieties... Scroll back 3 - 5 pages. SF units inclusive(getting trained in different countries don't automatically mean all are SF), how many kinds of varieties have they got on?

Add to the regular soldiers with their different blends of woodland, desert and digital camo. It's an eyesore.
Tis a professional army, not a militia. Or is it different Divisions have chosen their own clothing.

LMFAO!

The guys in the military should be in the best position to answer.

There is a huge proliferation of different Camo types in the Nigerian military, and it is a huge problem. I just feel for the civilians in the N.E as it's going to be difficult to differentiate friend from foe.


Our camo problem is as a result of our inability to produce at home in large quantities.

These are two camo those SF guys from eastern Europe ; anything different from these,then you can show us?

(on my mobile right now) But ^^ search for 'NA SF' under 'foreign affairs'. See the variations. All black, Tiger stripes, digital Russian, Digital grey, all the sorts.

How many types of SF do we haveif I may ask?
we shouldn't water down any exclusive looking soldier as SF nor because they got trained by units abroad. I'd thought they would have drawn up tailored requirements of what we wanted from our special forces rather than outsourcing their training to others.

The Navy seems to have its act together unlike getting confused with the Army's.

BlackBaron:
(on my mobile right now) But ^^ search for 'NA SF' under 'foreign affairs'. See the variations. All black, Tiger stripes, digital Russian, Digital grey, all the sorts.

How many types of SF do we haveif I may ask?
we shouldn't water down any exclusive looking soldier as SF nor because they got trained by units abroad. I'd thought they would have drawn up tailored requirements of what we wanted from our special forces rather than outsourcing their training to others.

The Navy seems to have its act together unlike getting confused with the Army's.

Hope you know that Navy S.F have much more different types of Camos than Army?


Nobody in the public really knows the number of S.F units we have.

Henry240:


Hope you know that Navy S.F have much more different types of Camos than Army?


Nobody in the public really knows the number of S.F units we have.

I just give up then.
Lol

BlackBaron:

I just give up then.
Lol

Henry240:


It is no longer in production.

that was a very beautiful Camo.

overhypedsteve:
that was a very beautiful Camo.

Well..... It most definitely now belongs in the past, same as the dinosaurs.

BlackBaron:
(on my mobile right now) But ^^ search for 'NA SF' under 'foreign affairs'. See the variations. All black, Tiger stripes, digital Russian, Digital grey, all the sorts.

How many types of SF do we haveif I may ask?
we shouldn't water down any exclusive looking soldier as SF nor because they got trained by units abroad. I'd thought they would have drawn up tailored requirements of what we wanted from our special forces rather than outsourcing their training to others.

The Navy seems to have its act together unlike getting confused with the Army's.

Like in the US armed forces;

US navy has the navy seals/seal team 6. USMC has RECON team. the army has green berets, rangers,delta force etc. These are common one's I know?
Like wise NA has "rangers", the only one I know of? And the navy SBS commandos!

SF IN NIGERIA ARMED FORCES.

1st and 2nd pic are NN SF

3rs and 4th Pix are NA AF

MORE......

NAF SF

bidexiii:
MORE......
NAF SF

Navy, not NAF.

Henry240:


Well..... It most definitely now belongs in the past, same as the dinosaurs.

eiyah wish they would still allow it to be used for parades and military day shows.

Troops Destroy Boko Haram Rocket Factory in Borno


The troops of 111 Special Forces Battalion, 7 Division Garrison Nigerian Army, during a special raid operation carried out on Tuesday at Delwa general area, discovered and knocked out Boko Haram terrorists' rocket factory at Jamrari, Borno State. This unprecedented development has put paid to the much touted ability of the terrorists to fabricate rockets and their launchers using rudimentary materials.
This has further crippled the terrorists and greatly embolden the troops in carrying out more offensive actions against the terrorists till they are defeated. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, who is on constant communication with the troops, commended them for this singular act and other similar feats and encouraged them to do more more so that the terrorists are on the verge of being defeated.

EGYPTIAN ARMY RANDOM PICTURES

bidexiii:
EGYPTIAN ARMY RANDOM PICTURES

That's the African Army that has no Logistic Problem. You won't see hiluxes and cruisers as logistic. Virtually sufficient in Logistics.

Vikkie14:
That's the African Army that has no Logistic Problem. You won't see hiluxes and cruisers as logistic. Virtually sufficient in Logistics.

We would get there soon

Nigerian Army, Police Nabs Two More Suspected Boko Haram Kingpins


The troops of 101 Task Force Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, along Lagos Street, Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday arrested yet another wanted Boko Haram terrorists leader.

The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement that the suspect, who gave his name as Abubakar Sadiq, works as night watchman to one Muhammad Daggash.

He however said that a closer look at him showed that he was suspect number 28 among the suspected Boko Haram terrorists that were declared wanted by the Nigerian Army last month.

In a related development, he said, the Nigeria Police, Borno State Command, arrested yet another suspected Boko Haram kingpin, Mohammed Usman, at Abuja Talakawa Ward of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno state, on Tuesday.

Usman noted that the suspect who matches the photograph of Suspect Number 40 on the poster containing the photographs of the 100 wanted suspected Boko Haram terrorists, was arrested after painstaking effort and tracking by the police.

Photos of the two arrested BH suspect

CTCION PICTURES

OFF TOPIC ; Dasuki gives evidence confirming purchase of Alpha Jets, Other Military Hardware



The beleaguered former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), has again responded to the allegations contained in an interim report of the presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and defence sector from 2007 to date.

Mr. Femi Adesina, Dasuki provided evidence of the correspondence from the army and air force acknowledging the receipt of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters and other military equipment that the panel accused him of not procuring.

Dasuki, who has had a running battle with the present administration and is being prosecuted by the federal government for illegal possession of firearms and money laundering, and is currently under house arrest, also accused the presidency of acting out a script.

The presidency on Tuesday had released the findings of its panel and ordered the arrest of Dasuki and other unnamed persons alleged to have misappropriated several billions of naira and dollars in the award of fictitious and 53 failed contracts, thus contributing to the needless deaths of thousands of Nigerians affected by the insurgency in the North-east.

Some of the contracts, which were said to be for the purchase of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters, bombs and ammunition, the presidential report alleged, were not executed and the equipment never supplied to the Nigerian Air Force, neither are they in its inventory.

However, in a statement he personally signed, Dasuki said: “In a theatrical manner, the presidency fed the public with many allegations against my person and yet to be named former public officers.”

To draw sympathy, he said the presidency quoted some “absurd findings including extra-budgetary interventions; award of fictitious contracts; 53 failed contracts; payment for jobs without contractual agreements; non-execution of contracts for the purchase of four Alpha jets, bombs and ammunition”.

For undiscerning Nigerians, they may tend to assume that the allegations were true and pronounce the former National Security Adviser guilty as charged.

The statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who should know better as a former President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and a witness to history, was nothing short of propaganda to cast aspersions on Dasuki.
To set the records straight, Nigerians should appreciate that the AVM John Ode-led panel did not invite the ex-NSA under any guise before arriving at its ambiguous findings.

“At least, fairness demands that the panel ought to hear from Dasuki instead of its recourse to hasty conclusions. If the panel had been more patient and painstaking, it would have been availed of all relevant documents on some of the jaundiced findings,” he stated.
As if acting out a script, Dasuki said the presidency alleged that the panel accused him of awarding fictitious contracts between March 2012 and March 2015, when he was not even the NSA in March 2012.

“Contrary to this claim, Dasuki was not the NSA in March 2012 and he could not have awarded any contract in whatever name. The ex-NSA was appointed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on June 22, 2012,” he pointed out.

He stated that all contracts and accruing payments were with the approval of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (Jonathan).

“Once the ex-President approved, the former NSA paid. So there was due process for every purchase in line with regulations guiding arms procurement for the Armed Forces.

“And Nigerians should note that all the services generated the types of equipment needed, sourced for suppliers most times and after consideration by the Office of the NSA, the president will approve application for payment.

“For sensitive sectors (military/security), there was no room for awarding fictitious contracts. The conclusions of the panel were presumptive, baseless and lacked diligence,” he said.

Dasuki maintained that there were no fictitious contracts, contract sums were not diverted, and the relevant services in writing acknowledged delivery of equipment.

He said for all procurements, the Nigerian Army, the Air Force and the Nigerian Navy have their contractors.

Providing details on the correspondence from the different services acknowledging the receipt of arms and equipment, he said: “While awaiting judicial process on these allegations, it is proper to make some references to show that the presidency was just desperate to hang some former public and military officers who served this nation at the risk of their lives.

“It is laughable for the panel to assume that four Alpha jets and 12 helicopters were undelivered. In a memo to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), referenced NAF/905/D/CAS of November 28, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Adesola Amosu acknowledged the receipt of the 4x Alpha jets attack aircraft and the helicopters.

“On 10/21/14, the Chief of Air Staff also confirmed the receipt of F-7 N1 aircraft combination of 250kg bombs and accessories at $2,894,000 with the cost of freight at $1,200,000. The same Air Force confirmed getting 2xTri Shield 36DG tactical radars.

“In another letter of December 1, 2014 signed by L.S. Alao (on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff), the Air Force said it received five containerised fuel storage and dispensing units with equipment.

“The Nigerian Army wrote the ONSA to acknowledge the delivery of 14 armoured tanks. In a December 13, 2014 memo, the Brigade of Guards thanked ONSA for releasing N30m for RCA, operation allowance for troops on Op Urban Sweep II for third and fourth quarters of 2014. This is apart from the installation of CCT cameras at the Brigade Headquarters, two backscatter bomb detection vans and other equipment.

“On November 26, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh sought for approval of the award of one pair of uniforms (in the interim) for the Armed Forces at N165,375,000 to El-Jahab Mubarak Nigeria and N330,750,000 for two pairs.

“These are some of the acknowledgment letters submitted to me by the end-users (the services). It is not for me to go and find out whether the equipment was delivered or not. I am not the one keeping the inventories.”

To prove that he had nothing to hide, the ex-NSA said he submitted a comprehensive list of all requests for procurements by the services, “the items bought and those equipment being awaited to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari long before I left office”.

“If there were issues, I should have been questioned. I was just the clearing house, I did not award contracts to my company or proxies. There was no contract awarded or equipment bought without approval from the then President and Commander-in-Chief. I am not a thief or treasury looter as being portrayed,” he added.

Dasuki however stated that there were many salient issues and contracts which he could not put in the public domain, in order not to endanger the nation’s security.

He said he was ready for trial on all these allegations in order to prove to Nigerians that he did nothing untoward in office. “We will certainly meet in court.”

“I have a lot to tell Nigerians but in the interim, they should not believe some of the allegations as the gospel truths. The good thing is that some of the key actors in the present administration were parts of the past process being viciously challenged.

“As for my tenure as the nation’s NSA, I acted in the interest of the nation and with utmost fear of God. I did not use the office for any self-serving agenda. I occupied the Office of the National Security Adviser at a difficult moment in Nigerian history when terrorism was at its peak and I am leaving posterity to judge me accordingly,” he stated.

When contacted to react to Dasuki’s response to the panel’s report and the discrepancies highlighted by the former NSA, the president’s media aide, Adesina, declined to make further comment on the issue.

“We have no comment at this time but I will let you know if we have something to say,” he said.

Meanwhile, following the presidential order for his arrest, the Department of State Services (DSS) has deployed more of its operatives in the residence of the former NSA in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was gathered that more security personnel were stationed in front of the building while some others were stationed at the junction of the Akwa Ibom governor’s lodge close to Dasuki’s home.

Dasuki has been under house arrest since the Federal High Court in Abuja granted him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment two weeks ago. -Thisday

Curled from"nigeria review. http://nigerianreviews.com/dasuki-gives-evidence-confirming-purchase-of-alpha-jets-other-military-hardware/

What's your opinion on Nigeria armed forces / defence procurement? How transparent and how can they justify the worth and value of equipment and hardware purchased.

bidexiii:
OFF TOPIC ; Dasuki gives evidence confirming purchase of Alpha Jets, Other Military Hardware



The beleaguered former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), has again responded to the allegations contained in an interim report of the presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and defence sector from 2007 to date.

Mr. Femi Adesina, Dasuki provided evidence of the correspondence from the army and air force acknowledging the receipt of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters and other military equipment that the panel accused him of not procuring.

Dasuki, who has had a running battle with the present administration and is being prosecuted by the federal government for illegal possession of firearms and money laundering, and is currently under house arrest, also accused the presidency of acting out a script.

The presidency on Tuesday had released the findings of its panel and ordered the arrest of Dasuki and other unnamed persons alleged to have misappropriated several billions of naira and dollars in the award of fictitious and 53 failed contracts, thus contributing to the needless deaths of thousands of Nigerians affected by the insurgency in the North-east.

Some of the contracts, which were said to be for the purchase of four Alpha jets, 12 helicopters, bombs and ammunition, the presidential report alleged, were not executed and the equipment never supplied to the Nigerian Air Force, neither are they in its inventory.

However, in a statement he personally signed, Dasuki said: “In a theatrical manner, the presidency fed the public with many allegations against my person and yet to be named former public officers.”

To draw sympathy, he said the presidency quoted some “absurd findings including extra-budgetary interventions; award of fictitious contracts; 53 failed contracts; payment for jobs without contractual agreements; non-execution of contracts for the purchase of four Alpha jets, bombs and ammunition”.

For undiscerning Nigerians, they may tend to assume that the allegations were true and pronounce the former National Security Adviser guilty as charged.

The statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who should know better as a former President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors and a witness to history, was nothing short of propaganda to cast aspersions on Dasuki.
To set the records straight, Nigerians should appreciate that the AVM John Ode-led panel did not invite the ex-NSA under any guise before arriving at its ambiguous findings.

“At least, fairness demands that the panel ought to hear from Dasuki instead of its recourse to hasty conclusions. If the panel had been more patient and painstaking, it would have been availed of all relevant documents on some of the jaundiced findings,” he stated.
As if acting out a script, Dasuki said the presidency alleged that the panel accused him of awarding fictitious contracts between March 2012 and March 2015, when he was not even the NSA in March 2012.

“Contrary to this claim, Dasuki was not the NSA in March 2012 and he could not have awarded any contract in whatever name. The ex-NSA was appointed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on June 22, 2012,” he pointed out.

He stated that all contracts and accruing payments were with the approval of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (Jonathan).

“Once the ex-President approved, the former NSA paid. So there was due process for every purchase in line with regulations guiding arms procurement for the Armed Forces.

“And Nigerians should note that all the services generated the types of equipment needed, sourced for suppliers most times and after consideration by the Office of the NSA, the president will approve application for payment.

“For sensitive sectors (military/security), there was no room for awarding fictitious contracts. The conclusions of the panel were presumptive, baseless and lacked diligence,” he said.

Dasuki maintained that there were no fictitious contracts, contract sums were not diverted, and the relevant services in writing acknowledged delivery of equipment.

He said for all procurements, the Nigerian Army, the Air Force and the Nigerian Navy have their contractors.

Providing details on the correspondence from the different services acknowledging the receipt of arms and equipment, he said: “While awaiting judicial process on these allegations, it is proper to make some references to show that the presidency was just desperate to hang some former public and military officers who served this nation at the risk of their lives.

“It is laughable for the panel to assume that four Alpha jets and 12 helicopters were undelivered. In a memo to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), referenced NAF/905/D/CAS of November 28, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Adesola Amosu acknowledged the receipt of the 4x Alpha jets attack aircraft and the helicopters.

“On 10/21/14, the Chief of Air Staff also confirmed the receipt of F-7 N1 aircraft combination of 250kg bombs and accessories at $2,894,000 with the cost of freight at $1,200,000. The same Air Force confirmed getting 2xTri Shield 36DG tactical radars.

“In another letter of December 1, 2014 signed by L.S. Alao (on behalf of the Chief of Air Staff), the Air Force said it received five containerised fuel storage and dispensing units with equipment.

“The Nigerian Army wrote the ONSA to acknowledge the delivery of 14 armoured tanks. In a December 13, 2014 memo, the Brigade of Guards thanked ONSA for releasing N30m for RCA, operation allowance for troops on Op Urban Sweep II for third and fourth quarters of 2014. This is apart from the installation of CCT cameras at the Brigade Headquarters, two backscatter bomb detection vans and other equipment.

“On November 26, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh sought for approval of the award of one pair of uniforms (in the interim) for the Armed Forces at N165,375,000 to El-Jahab Mubarak Nigeria and N330,750,000 for two pairs.

“These are some of the acknowledgment letters submitted to me by the end-users (the services). It is not for me to go and find out whether the equipment was delivered or not. I am not the one keeping the inventories.”

To prove that he had nothing to hide, the ex-NSA said he submitted a comprehensive list of all requests for procurements by the services, “the items bought and those equipment being awaited to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari long before I left office”.

“If there were issues, I should have been questioned. I was just the clearing house, I did not award contracts to my company or proxies. There was no contract awarded or equipment bought without approval from the then President and Commander-in-Chief. I am not a thief or treasury looter as being portrayed,” he added.

Dasuki however stated that there were many salient issues and contracts which he could not put in the public domain, in order not to endanger the nation’s security.

He said he was ready for trial on all these allegations in order to prove to Nigerians that he did nothing untoward in office. “We will certainly meet in court.”

“I have a lot to tell Nigerians but in the interim, they should not believe some of the allegations as the gospel truths. The good thing is that some of the key actors in the present administration were parts of the past process being viciously challenged.

“As for my tenure as the nation’s NSA, I acted in the interest of the nation and with utmost fear of God. I did not use the office for any self-serving agenda. I occupied the Office of the National Security Adviser at a difficult moment in Nigerian history when terrorism was at its peak and I am leaving posterity to judge me accordingly,” he stated.

When contacted to react to Dasuki’s response to the panel’s report and the discrepancies highlighted by the former NSA, the president’s media aide, Adesina, declined to make further comment on the issue.

“We have no comment at this time but I will let you know if we have something to say,” he said.

Meanwhile, following the presidential order for his arrest, the Department of State Services (DSS) has deployed more of its operatives in the residence of the former NSA in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was gathered that more security personnel were stationed in front of the building while some others were stationed at the junction of the Akwa Ibom governor’s lodge close to Dasuki’s home.

Dasuki has been under house arrest since the Federal High Court in Abuja granted him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment two weeks ago. -Thisday

Curled from"nigeria review. http://nigerianreviews.com/dasuki-gives-evidence-confirming-purchase-of-alpha-jets-other-military-hardware/

What's your opinion on Nigeria armed forces / defence procurement? How transparent and how can they justify the worth and value of equipment and hardware purchased.

That man should chilling off in jail by Now. The amount Nigeria used to by four second alpha jets and some second hand helicopters is enough to start a stealth Jet program. Yet our boys were using second hand everything. Who knows some may have even used second hand uniforms. We purchase dumb bombs for the price of ATGMS and precision guided munitions. The man is already used to enjoying protection for his impunity that is why he is still speaking out.

overhypedsteve:

That man should chilling off in jail by Now. The amount Nigeria used to by four second alpha jets and some second hand helicopters is enough to start a stealth Jet program. Yet our boys were using second hand everything. Who knows some may have even used second hand uniforms. We purchase dumb bombs for the price of ATGMS and precision guided munitions. The man is already used to enjoying protection for his impunity that is why he is still speaking out.

"Let us not give a dog a bad name just to hang it, point to it and say we told you so".


We've seen a lot of newspaper trail, trail by social media and out-right propaganda from this government. Dasuki deserves a fair hearing in court.

Honestly the only way to stop corruption in the Defence procurement that has long spoilt,rotten and decayed our military is by making it open. In egypt defence, procurement are made open ; and a very good example of that is there procurement of rappel jets and frigates from france, ka-50 HELO's and bulk missiles from russia even before purchase, people all over the world already knows but the reverse his naija. You would av already being seeing those hardware before you hear the amount they lavished on purchasing them and if they ar lucky it would be swept under the capet.

Those money used in buying second hand HELO's and jets would av used in purchasing 3rd gen hardware. The COAS Gen Buratai complained of equipment purchased breaking down. I once came across a T72 track belt breaking. Also yesterday a picture of t72 oil splits over the engine and the body.

The defence procurement should be made public that's the way forward.

105 Nigerian soldiers missing!!!
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193457-exclusive-at-least-105-nigerian-soldiers-missing-after-fierce-gun-battle-with-boko-haram.html

Please anyone with updates should confirm that the troops were rescued.

olapluto:
105 Nigerian soldiers missing!!!
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193457-exclusive-at-least-105-nigerian-soldiers-missing-after-fierce-gun-battle-with-boko-haram.html

Please anyone with updates should confirm that the troops were rescued.

Av heard about these, but let's keep our fingers crossed till later in the day, u believe the spokes-person for division 7 or the army will address the public on the issue.

It's risky to comment on such issue for now.

bidexiii:


Av heard about these, but let's keep our fingers crossed till later in the day, u believe the spokes-person for division 7 or the army will address the public on the issue.

It's risky to comment on such issue for now.

I just hope and pray it is not as bad as Im thinking. Capturing a T72 tank is unbelievable! How come? Ive seen video of BH surrounding the T72, but never able to capture it. Even in Syria, the T72 has been resistant to bombs and mines. Did the CO step out of the tank? A T72 in the hands of BH will change the whole war!

Henry240:


"Let us not give a dog a bad name just to hang it, point to it and say we told you so".


We've seen a lot of newspaper trail, trail by social media and out-right propaganda from this government. Dasuki deserves a fair hearing in court.

now everybody deserve a fair hearing. When Soldiers were being court martialed for mutiny due to poor equipment. Nobody asked for Fair court hearing.

bidexiii:
Honestly the only way to stop corruption in the Defence procurement that has long spoilt,rotten and decayed our military is by making it open. In egypt defence, procurement are made open ; and a very good example of that is there procurement of rappel jets and frigates from france, ka-50 HELO's and bulk missiles from russia even before purchase, people all over the world already knows but the reverse his naija. You would av already being seeing those hardware before you hear the amount they lavished on purchasing them and if they ar lucky it would be swept under the capet.
Those money used in buying second hand HELO's and jets would av used in purchasing 3rd gen hardware. The COAS Gen Buratai complained of equipment purchased breaking down. I once came across a T72 track belt breaking. Also yesterday a picture of t72 oil splits over the engine and the body.
The defence procurement should be made public that's the way forward.

thank you @Oga Bidexxi it is good we all accept the fact that corruption is not taking us forward, families lost their bread winners, Sons, Husbands. Just because some Rich folks wants to get richer. Imagine that rubbish what kind of fair hearing do this kind of evil people deserve? Open procurement and open execution of justice is the only solution for Nigeria.
They kept telling us then that they needed to borrow more money. On top of that they kept putting the blame on other countries for their failures. America did not give us arms, Israel did not give us that. Imagine a nation with one of the biggest defense budget in Africa making procurements with the use of middle men, buying rickety old equipment and placing the lives of good national patriots in danger.
Sincerely sha we should never support impunity for any reason.

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overhypedsteve:
now everybody deserve a fair hearing. When Soldiers were being court martialed for mutiny due to poor equipment. Nobody asked for Fair court hearing.
thank you @Oga Bidexxi it is good we all accept the fact that corruption is not taking us forward, families lost their bread winners, Sons, Husbands. Just because some Rich folks wants to get richer. Imagine that rubbish what kind of fair hearing do this kind of evil people deserve? Open procurement and open execution of justice is the only solution for Nigeria.
They kept telling us then that they needed to borrow more money. On top of that they kept putting the blame on other countries for their failures. America did not give us arms, Israel did not give us that. Imagine a nation with one of the biggest defense budget in Africa making procurements with the use of middle men, buying rickety old equipment and placing the lives of good national patriots in danger.
Sincerely sha we should never support impunity for any reason.

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I like these part of your statement : "now everybody deserve a fair hearing. When Soldiers were being court martialed for mutiny due to poor equipment. Nobody asked for Fair court hearing".