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 GOVERNOR CHUKWUMA SOLUDO ON HIS BIRTHDAY. (PHOTO).


 PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR CHUKWUMA SOLUDO ON HIS BIRTHDAY 


President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Governor of Anambra State Chukwuma Charles Soludo on his birthday. 


A statement by Bayo Onanugu Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy,  says the President celebrates the exceptional economist, who, as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), led one of Nigeria's most impactful reforms in the banking sector. 


Recognising the sterling professional achievements of Soludo, the President describes him as an outlier who has brought the rigour, brilliance, and discipline of pedagogy into politics. “Soludo has truly demonstrated that when philosophers become kings, good change happens. I encourage him to keep up the good work, and I thank him for his support."


It adds, President Tinubu commends Governor Soludo for his bold and disciplined leadership in Anambra, evident in the improved security, economic transformation, and infrastructure expansion in the state.


"I join family, friends, and the people of Anambra State to celebrate Governor Soludo on his birthday."                        The President prayed  that God Almighty grant him many more years of good health and strength to deepen his transformative leadership in Anambra and Nigeria.

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