₦airaland Forum

Private sector manufacturing is the right step for ship building. The government can make concessionary loans and other forms of financing options available to investors. Since Ajaokuta and Delta steel companies have become the moribund donkeys, government can allow private defense (and automobile) sector investors to import steel with very low duty. prioritize electricity supply to key sector manufacturers.

Henry240:
The production length is unacceptable. It took the Nigerian navy 4 years individually to build 3 boats. NNS Ugwu (Tug boat), NNS Andoni another 4 years, SDBII which was to be delivered in 2013, another 4 years.

We need to cut production time to within months, maximum 10 months for vessels such as NNS Andoni and SDB II. The Navy is also projected to a Landing Ship, and a Hydrographic ship soon. With the length of delivery, i can't even imagine when they would be launched when finally approved.



On the plus side, Epenal has so far delivered 60 boats to the Nigerian Navy, with 20 more on order. 80 boats in 7 months, yes they are 8.2 meters boats, but you can see why i advocate private manufacturing instead of government bureaucracy.

Hope say we naija people dey see say our neighbours in the south actually apply reasoning, sensibility, intelligence and craft in what they do with their army. Its not about force and posing in pics all over the place. They define their equipment for specific roles. I agree with patches, you cant string a hilux neither can u chute it down a C130. U can do that with a VBL but it carries fewer men and its less versatile and rugged. Abeg I new here o, no yabs.