₦airaland Forum

adedayourt:
These ones ll just wake up and start talking rubbish, ordinary bicycle, the nation does not not have capacity to manufacture in commercial qty.

Then they talking about war ships, think that stuff na garri wey dem dey fry

Randy111:
'How come Americans don't hate and blame Biden for these terrible crimes happening?' the answers are so many but I will only draw your attention to one. Do you still remember how you bubu blamed Jonathan for every single act of insecurity in the country before 2015? He ask Jonathan to resign and give room to capable hands to wipe out terrorists and terrorism fron the country. Now I see how capable he is. The real problem we have in this country outside bubu is actually the likes of you who seem to pretend that all is well simply because the dullard is the one supervising a totally failed system.

Tufiakwa

advanceDNA:
U are one of those gaining from this government that’s why you like saying half truth...half truth is a lie at the end of the day..


Btw...Americans don’t complain becos their government don’t give killers mercy calling dem repentant....
which nation in the world pamper terrorist, killers and kidnappers... civilians including the military guys are being killed daily by recycled repentant killers...

But u are here calling it normal national issues...Don’t worry, the insecurity in this nation will soon climb ur high walls and get to you...shebi this is this best buhari could have done and we shouldn’t complain..

Ruggedniggaone:
I hope Nigeria navy can trust and use the war ship they built themselves before exporting it to another country?who will even buy ship that was made in Nigeria and take it to war? Nobe suicide be that?

Ibkhaleel:
It is nice meeting gentle men like you on this platforms...nice meeting you I enjoy going through your replies!

Stay blessed

princealexndre:
I feel like i can help with on or two on the project

ebuk4real:


Ewu.

Both the journalist and the op are mad for putting this up here

Rugaria:
And The celebration of mediocrity by resident Court jesters continue...

Sunnybay7:
Lol Buhari that can't stabilize an economy wants to build ships, let him first start with the audio Nigeria airways.

theTranscriber:
I kiss US butts lol
Don't say what you don't know
I'll rather live in Antarctica than US
I love Asians instead
Places like china Korea

Don't mistake me for IPOB
I go teach you lesson
I not the dumb IPOBs you argue with

theTranscriber:
Nonsense
With bandits kidnapping hundreds of school children just under his watch?
With genocide in south Kaduna?


God punish all bubu supporters

It seems there is no stopping Mr President in his keen drive to see that Nigeria becomes an industrial and technological giant.
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Thanks to President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, Nigeria is on her way to building vessels like THIS for her navy and for export:

Nigerian Navy To Begin Construction, Maintenance of Ships For Other Countries

By Evelyn Usman

All is now set for the Nigerian Navy, NN, to begin the construction and maintenance of ships for countries within the African continent and other countries of the globe, at the Naval Dockyard Limited (NDL), Victoria Island - Apapa, Lagos.

Already, the Cameroonian Navy has indicated interest to partner with the Nigerian Navy in ship building and maintenance.

The Chief of the Naval Staff, CNS Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo , made the disclosure during the assessment tour of the yard, by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Musa Istufanus.

The NDL which is the premiere logistics facility of the NN that caters for Third Line or depot level maintenance of NN ships, according to the CNS, had successfully constructed several ships among which was a 31 meter Seaward Defence Boat Project which was commissioned by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 as NNS ANDONI, as well as a 38.9meters Seaward Defence Boat (NNS KARADUWA) which was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari at the NDL in 2016.

At the moment, the CNS said a 43 metres Seaward Defence Boat 3, which is still under construction at the NDL , would be launched in two months. After the launch, he boasted that the Naval Dockyard would be set to produce vessels for any country in the world.

The CNS said, “We’re in partnership with Bureau Varitas , an international ship building certification company. Once they certify SDB 3, we should be able to build ships for any country in the world.''

“Just last week I was approached by the Cameroonian Navy, which indicated interest to partner with us in ship building and maintenance. But we want to perfect our design of the SDB 3. Thereafter, we’re going to launch another which will be called SDB 4. After that, we would be able to tell Cameron and other countries around the West Coast and other parts of Africa that they can come and partner with us to build ships for them”.

Expressing satisfaction on the activities at the NDL, the visiting Permanent Secretary, said the Ministry of Defence would support the Navy to up their game in all ramifications.

He said, “Now that I understand all the issues on ground, they will get full support of the Ministry of Defence, to up their game. You know if you tell somebody he is doing well he may go and relax. I don’t want to tell them they’re doing very well. We need to do a lot more and I have discussed with them what I think they should be doing more”.

Earlier in his brief to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence , on activities of NDL, the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Rear Admiral Kohath levi disclosed that the NDL had recorded series of notable achievements in the areas of ship building, marine construction, ship’s maintenance and fabrication amongst others, since it commenced operations over four decades ago.

He said, ''It is worthy to state that the Yard is currently constructing the 43m long SDB III for the NN. The construction of the SDBs at NDL is a strong indication of the Yard’s capacity at local ship building which can be further developed. It is pertinent to state that the construction of the SDB III has reached an advanced stage and the Yard is working round the clock to ensure the delivery of the project as soon as possible. At present, the key remaining works on the project include system integration, gun installation and outfitting which are currently ongoing.''


“Additionally, the Yard has commenced the design phase of the projected Seaward Defence Boat 4. This was premised on the successes recorded on the previously constructed Seaward Defence Boats.

“Also, considering the amount that could be expended on acquiring similar vessel from outside the shores of Nigeria, which is in the range of N5B – N6.5B compared to about N3.4B budgeted for SDB III, it is opined that sustaining the novel shipbuilding capacity of NN would be in the best interest of the Service in particular and Nigeria in general”.

He informed that the Nigerian Navy through the NDL, entered into collaboration with Messrs Epenal Group of Companies for the construction of Glass Reinforced Plastic boats and that since the partnership between the two companies was established, they had jointly constructed over 100 Riverine Patrol Boats, RPB in the Yard.

Levi pointed out that the construction was carried out with the Yard’s facility and equipment, with most of the raw materials locally sourced and most parts of the construction work carried out by NDL staff. The boats according to him, were deployed in the Nigerian waters for various NN operations.

Other achievements as highlighted by Rear Admiral Levi , included the construction of six personnel carrier boats for the Ministry of Agriculture and a proposed partnership by the Lagos State Government with the NDL, for the fabrication and construction of some ferry boats.

The NDL according to him, was also “awarded the contract to construct a 25 – Man House Boat for NN choke point regime in 2019. The concept design for the House boat involves assembly of modules made of 40ft containers. It is worthy of note that the construction of the Houseboat was completed and commissioned into the NN as Naval Security Station 030 (NSS 030). It is important to state that the Houseboat was fully constructed in the Yard by indigenous NDL staff and built using NDL equipment and locally sourced materials. Currently, NHQ is proposing to award the construction of more house boats to the Yard.''

“The Yard has been engaged in the docking and repairs of boats and smaller vessels for the Service and other maritime organisations. These vessels include NN01, NNS EKULU, NNS NGURU, NNS OSE, NNS ONITSHA, NNS IBUSA, NNS OSUN, NNS ONITSHA, NNS IKOT ABASI, NNS BENIN, MV SWORDWISH and MV REBIRTH amongst others. Furthermore, the Yard is on the verge of censuring a contract for the repair/overhaul of 4 NIMASA boats, which were hitherto considered to be beyond economic repairs. The defects of the boats have been identified and articulated by the Yard with a view to carrying out comprehensive repairs on them.

“The NDL in partnership with HABTOB Global Ventures is currently constructing 2 x 500 ton Self – Propelled Barges for the NN. One of the barges is earmarked for storage and supply of AGO while the other will supply fresh water to ships at sea. The project commenced in 2019 and it is projected to act as a force multiplier for the NN in her bid to continually maintain presence at sea.''

“NNS CENTENARY, one of the two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) acquired between 2012 and 2017 from China was docked on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 , for replacement of her generators. The replacement has been carried out by a special team of NN personnel constituted by Naval Headquarters and representatives of the Chinese Company that manufactured the vessel.

Currently, the vessel is awaiting painting and undocking. Also carried out on the vessel by NDL are underwater maintenance/repairs which include servicing of sea chest valves, fabrication and replacement of mud boxes, removal of sacrificial anodes for replacement, scraping barnacles on the ship’s underwater part, sand blasting as well as application of protective coatings on the ship’s underwater hull.''

“It is pertinent to state that huge resources were saved from the exercise which was carried out in NDL, as an estimated sum of about $5m was to be spent on the vessel if she was taken out of Nigeria compared to a paltry sum of less than $200,000.00 expended on her in NDL. It is pertinent to mention that the sister vessel, NNS UNITY is currently berthed in the Yard awaiting docking as soon as NNS CENTENARY is undocked”.

“The Yard is currently carrying out precision machining of a 5 MW stone crusher rotor belonging to Messrs Dangote’s Ibese Cement Factory in the Heavy Engineering Workshop. This intricate job which was hitherto done abroad further attests to the confidence being reposed on NDL’s ability for quality work delivery by companies in Nigeria.

“The Yard carries out machining of shafts for naval and merchant vessels. Currently, the machining of a 5.875m (length) x 20mm (diameter) shaft belonging to a client is being carried out in the Yard. This is against importing a new shaft from abroad and helps in saving foreign exchange for the country.

“The NDL has been partnering with Messrs Dorman Long in the construction of heavy engineering materials for the oil and gas sectors in Nigeria. For instance, a substantial part of the Bonga Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit was constructed in NDL. Currently, NDL in partnership with Messrs Dorman Long is constructing a gas platform for production and processing of gas.

“One of the objectives of local ship building is to build capacity and domesticate as many parts of the ship building as possible. To this end, it is gladdening to state that NDL has successfully domesticated fabrication of many of the Seaward Defence Boat parts and accessories. These include water/air tight doors/hatches, fire rated/sound proof interior doors and aluminium roofing amongst others. All these accessories and components have been fabricated in the Yard using both human and material resources available locally.

“NDL recently fabricated 10 units of gun pedestals, shields and mounts for 12.7mm Browning machine gun for the NN. The fabrication entailed precision machining to achieve both training and elevation parameters and to withstand the recoil effects of the gun which fires 1,200 rounds per minute. The pedestal shields and gun mounts for the gun were hitherto imported from abroad at about $4,000 (about N1,920,000.00 at an exchange rate of N480 to USD1) per piece. However, the Yard intervened and produced each at less than N900,000.00 per unit. This development saved the nation huge economic loses and further enhanced local capacity development”, Rear Admiral Levi stated.

willybaby:
how is it our business if they negotiate or not, if you were sensible instead of holding brief for twitter you will use the energy to maybe create your own social media platform.. Nigeria my nation is bigger than any social media platform that doesn't want to abide by our laws, register with our agencies and pay taxes to us like its done elsewhere

willybaby:
how is it our business if they negotiate or not, if you were sensible instead of holding brief for twitter you will use the energy to maybe create your own social media platform.. Nigeria my nation is bigger than any social media platform that doesn't want to abide by our laws, register with our agencies and pay taxes to us like its done elsewhere

mrvitalis:
Twitter realized their traffic from Nigeria didn't even drop ...as everyone who used Twitter then still use twitter now

So what's the point ?

PlayerMeji:
Wow...

God, what did the black man do to deserve these sets of leaders that we have?

See Korea that has gone through countless wars, famines and plagues.

KingsCity:
Igbokwe is so stewpid, he is blaming the victim rather than the oppressor

He is not blaming the man who said a region of no less than 20 million people is just a dot in a circle, rather he is blaming the man whose people were so insulted

Shame

Asgard73:
So why the propaganda that the place is functioning?

Which part is now working under Apc?

All this fake new no pay anyone..

That place is old and outdated.. it can function again.
Scrappe it out.. sell it off to local industries.. build a modern steel ... that’s what development is all about.

Some day it will be scrapped..

Asgard73:
Stories...

Have you been there...

I have ..

Like I told you .. that place need scrapped out and new infrastructure build..

Ajaokuta is F.G cash out point..

A new ajaokuta will cost the government more like $3b.

Abatlprof:
In your dreams.
By the time the dullard in Aso rock finish with Nigerian, we will be lucky to still have 20% of our current GDP

Mysticwebb:
An agreement that was entered into since 2019 is what someone is talking about in 2021 with nothing on ground to show it will be truly completed in 2023. Mr promise and fail, you have less than 2yrs to go.

Asgard73:
Apc propaganda

Oga first visit that steel company... then you will ashamed of this your propaganda

Ajaokuta need to be scrapped out and sold.. then start a building fresh blocks..

Rugaria:
"After that", Nigeria will start building Rockets from her Space Agency already populated by almajiri graduates in Koranic education and Agric studies...
Circus clowns everywhere....

Skillsnigeria:
Igbos will be better in their own country free of Fulani's. I will also love a separate yoruba nation

Nwanyiogwashi:
If UAE with population of 9m can do better than Nigeria with population of 200m, don't you think is better we break up Nigerian into 10 countries let everyone develop with their small population

History555:
U obviously don't get the point. Its not about how much u have but what you do with it. Some people invest 1 million in treasury bills for 8.9% per annum. Another person invest 1 million in spare parts to make 100% profit per annum. Let Nigeria utilize what it has, there are many nations that don't produce crude oil and are better than Nigeria.

IhateYouMan:


Joseph rosinkkit the day dreamer

aribisala0:
So Putin met Buhari in 2019 and it is news today?