They are also for services of the general public that may find it useful, especially the paramilitary agencies.” “This, we believe, will transform the Nigerian Army and Nigerian industrial companies, by the time we start mass production,” he said.
“I have said it before, military equipment are never obsolete. With maintenance culture of the military globally, vehicles and equipment of the second world war are useful in many parts of the world,” he said.
Governor Nasir El-Rufia of Kaduna state, who was the special guest of honour at the event, commended the military for securing the state and the country at large.
The governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Bala Bantex, said the Nigerian Army could not afford to lag behind in battle preparedness.
“The Nigerian Army is in better position, and capacity, to contain any form of threat within and outside Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has distanced itself from a document in circulation on social media which purportedly shows a new upgraded salary structure for members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).
The acting spokesperson for the DHQ, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued on Friday, April 26, described the document as fictitious, noting that the document does not reflect the true salary structure of personnel of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
He said though President Muhammdu Buhari had signed the new minimum N30,000, wage bill, the document in circulation was a fake and intended to cause disaffection among members of the armed forces.