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Several manufacturing companies in Nigeria have unveiled locally-made military vehicles in support of the federal government’s onslaught against insecurity in the country.

This was done during the groundbreaking ceremony at the Armed Forces Headquarters on Thursday.

In the video, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was seen listening to one of the CEOs of the companies during the parade of the vehicles, manufactured by four different local companies.

The companies are :
Imperium Nigeria Ltd, Proforce Ltd, Epail Nigeria, and Innoson Nigeria.

One of the manufacturers, who gave his name as Patrick Shekhar, urged the President to entrust local brands with production of such vehicles for the military, stating that the products being showcased are 100 per cent designed and produced in Nigeria, and by young Nigerian engineers.

While introducing himself to President Tinubu, he said, “Hello, welcome to my program here in the city of Desa. We are local brand. This is our new product which has just arrived on the scene.

“I am the CEO. My name is Patrick Sheklar. We started around 2015 with about 150 products. All of them that you see. These are all natural based. They were recently developed. It was supposed to be serious. The service was originally designed by me.

“I did the design myself and we locally produce it 100% in this place. The platform that you are seeing here is the same thing as before.

“We get materials and will be able to combat these. So, we have different models of designs. More than 10 different designs from MRAPs to different calibers vehicles.”

Richtaiwo:
Enemies of the state will soon arrive.

They will quickly check Google for American and Russian vehicles and post here. All in effort to disparage the country.

Watch them, anything Trump does, they quickly use it to insult Nigeria. One of them took pictures of Trump's toilet so we see how the water is cleaning nyansh.

Very despicable animals suffering from chronic inferiority complex.

Dijita:
If this is true. It is a great achievement. Congratulations

slimfit1:
We want to see locally made drones please.

femisplash:
A hands-on President, a man thinking on his feet, leading the charge for innovative and creative technology in the 21st century.
Let me joggle your memory for a second. This display was not a coincidence, It follows the recent assent by President Bola Tinubu to the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Bill, 2023. The new law enables DICON to operate, maintain, and control subsidiaries and ordnance factories for the production, storage, and disposal of ordnance and related materials. It empowers the corporation to establish the Defence Industry Technology, Research, and Development Institute (DITRDI) to build a strong scientific and research-based technological foundation for Nigeria’s defence capabilities, such that it reduce the country’s dependence on foreign sources for weapons.
The reliance on international sources for weapons has proven challenging, particularly in light of global events that has made international procurement even more difficult. Therefore, there's a need to increase our local manufacturing capacity. It further illustrates the collaboration between the military and local aircraft companies.
The signing of the DICON bill, 2023 was painstaking in alignment with the President's agenda of strengthening the local industry, overhauling the defense
technology and resuscitating the military capability.

Gotocourt:
One RPG will turn this scrap to smithereen

alingo2013:
idiot your parent could not make anything meaningful or sensible and left us with you the unfortunate baboon