TÜRKIYE IS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH LOCAL DEFENCE PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND MILITARY TRAINING CENTRES IN NIGERIA AS PART OF EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY COOPERATION AND INCREASE BILATERAL TRADE TO $5 BILLION.(PHOTO).

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 Türkiye is planning to establish local defence production facilities and military training centres in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen security cooperation and increase bilateral trade to $5 billion. Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, saying the proposed facilities would enable Türkiye to support local military equipment production rather than simply supplying weapons and equipment. He also revealed that 200 Nigerian special forces personnel were undergoing a two-month training programme in Türkiye, with plans underway to establish a similar facility in Nigeria. “We are planning to have some local production unit also in that context, not only selling to Nigeria the tools, equipment, the arms that it needs, but also the possibility of having local production here in Nigeria,” Poroy said. On trade, the ambassador said bilateral trade currently stood at approximately $2 billion, including oil and gas, but both countries were targe...

PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES BELLO MATAWALLE, MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, ON HIS BIRTHDAY . (PHOTO).


 President Tinubu Congratulates Bello Matawalle, Minister Of State For Defence, On His Birthday 


President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle the Minister of State for Defence, on his birthday.


This is contained in the President's congratulatory message commending  Matawalle's immense contributions to the country as a teacher, minister, and member of the Renewed Hope team, and to his home state of Zamfara, which he had served as governor from 2019 to 2023. 


A statement by Bayo Onanuga Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, says 

President Tinubu notes the minister's efforts in the battle against banditry and terrorism, and saying all hands must be on deck to bring the agents of evil to justice.


It adds, the President says this special occasion of the minister's birthday has come at an auspicious moment in his life, when he also performed the marriage ceremony for his children. 


President Tinubu prayed and  wished the Minister of State for Defence Dr. Matawalle many more years and continued meaningful service to the nation. It concludes.

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