President Muhammadu Buhari’s launch of surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, produced locally by the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology is already generating controversy over the claim that it is the first indigenous UAV, whereas former president, Goodluck Jonathan was said to have launched the same invention in December, 2013.

Buhari, had while inducting the unmanned aerial vehicle christened TSAIGUMI, in Kaduna, on Thursday, said, “It is a pleasure to be here with you all for the induction of the Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, ‘TSAIGUMI’, Nigeria’s first indigenously developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The significance of this accomplishment as a milestone of national technological development cannot be over-estimated”.

Since the news broke, there have been speculations that TSAIGUMI is the same UAV which the then president Jonathan commissioned in 2013.

DAILY POST had on December 18, 2013 reported that Jonathan in Kaduna unveiled the first Nigerian made unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, named GULMA which was built by the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna.

In his speech at the unveiling ceremony, Jonathan said at the time that as Nigeria continues to witness breakthrough in technology at various sectors, it was imperative to appreciate the fact that Nigeria has potential to do great things, charging Nigerians to continue to explore all available areas that could take the country to greatness.

The PDP in its reaction described the commissioning as a shameful act as its National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan wrote on Twitter, “It’s a shame that same project former President GEJ commissioned in Dec 17th 2013 is the same project (first unmanned drone ) that Buhari is recommissioning and the @APCNigeria apologists are celebrating this Shameful act.”

Clarifying the issue under contention regarding the drone, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya told DAILY POST on Friday that the UAV commissioned yesterday by Buhari is the first indigenous operational drone.

According to him, “The other one was not operational. It was a prototype. It was not prepared to conduct any operation. This one built on the earlier one and it is a much more improved version. This is a much more improved version of the other one. This one has mixed characteristics… with so many other things.”



http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/16/controversy-buhari-commissions-air-force-drone-earlier-launched-jonathan/

Smh..."so many other things." These are the people in charge of our military. Nigeria is in trouble.

These are the same people who just paid about $500 million for fighter planes from the US, except they are toys and not fighter jets. Those jets don't have a single rocket or ammunition of any sort. What's worse? They cannot be repaired or maintained in any way by Nigerians and must be shipped off to the US for maintenance.

And the clueless man flew off to commission. I wonder if this man even knows what is going on around him. He looks like a walking corpse.

By tomorrow or next, they would say the one GEJ commissioned is not Nigerian made but US made brought into the country as the first of its kind so there is a difference, then use PMB's own for campaign in 2019 as part of his achievement.

Get your pvc people, the dullard is all shades of wrong.

Desperation at its peak

Mumu go dey "commission" the HERO OF NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY project to make it look like he is "working" so that he would be re-elected in 2019.....nonsense!!!

#BuhariMustGo


#It's too late to deceive nigerians amen

#We are now too sensible to be fooled again amen

It is not the same.








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When we say Boharre is a certified dullard...Some people will come here and spew trash

We currently have a government of propagandists

na wa o.

propagandacrazy is the

government of lying for the lies by the liars


abeg, leave their lies and check my signature jare

bigboss80s:
Smh

This country never ceases to amaze me.

Let just force one forget about who commissions it and focus of making it work and maintaining it government is a continuous process. Anywhere one stops the other should continue it..
I think we have overgrown blame games

For those supporting Buhari, may devil run your life the way Buhari is running this country.

If you quote me with an insult...May you be as foolish as Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

All hail mr integrity

Buhari my man

If he doesn't commission that, what will he commission?

Governors with viable projects refused to invite him, the ones with rail coaches and University project called drone, invited him and you complaining.

Sm1 has been thinking of how to loot and he came up with the idea of commissioning a project that has been commissioned b4..... Wen it comes to money our brain works fast

I've longed given up on diz country...a nation where you can't trust anyone, I don't trust myself...even my mum has bn decivn me since I was a lad ( oya tell me the truth I won't beat yu and aftr saying the truth I will still chop ham).....Both APC and PDP ar bunch of liars and thieves....thiz country nids a good reform...May God help us all

Retire, Mr Buhari

Na wa!

Hhj

I laugh in pigin

scam air force them want their share from baba

So all the chiefs lined up to snap with prototype

Buhari I Must Say Is The Worst Person To Lead This Country. He's Been A Disaster. You Built Something On Another And You Claim It's First Ever


Are You A Dullard?

nwakibie3:

This one built on the earlier one and it is a much more improved version. This is a much more improved version of the other one. This one has mixed characteristics… with so many other things.

Chaiii, may the thunder of God Almighty strike this air force spokes man to death, telling such shameful lies just to cover the illiterate dullard ass. I weep for the worthless and maggot infested brainless people still supporting this useless and worthless 99.9% propaganda filled government.

Lol.....see casting!!...fowl nyash just dey get exposed for this government always!! buubuu my man!!

Lol

ITS RECYCLE ITS ALLOWED


Modified


just read through and discovered the Jonathan is the prototype. its non-functional and not made to what this one is already

If they are the same then itz rather unfortunate

YOU CANT PLEASE NIGERIANS AGAIN
BUHARI MUST GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Useless govt