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...

FG TO OPERATIONALISE 112 CODE AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LINE. (PHOTO).


 FG TO OPERATIONALISE 112 CODE AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY LINE


The Federal Government has directed stakeholders and relevant agencies to design a comprehensive operational roadmap for the nationwide rollout of the 112 national emergency number. 


To this end, the government has constituted a committee comprising the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Communications Commission, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Federal Road Safety Corps and other relevant  agencies to finalise the roadmap and standard operating procedures for formal endorsement of the National Economic Council (NEC).


NEC had recently approved the 112 as Nigeria's single universal toll-free emergency number to replace fragmented and slow response lines, with a view to eliminating bureaucratic red tape and allow citizens easy access to rapid help during fires, accidents, medical crises, or security breaches.


Vice President Kashim Shettima who gave the directive at the meeting, urged the committee to ensure their decisions are based on global best practises in order to have a clear roadmap. 


Charging the committee to finalize the roadmap and standard operating procedures for formal NEC endorsement, the Vice president stressed the need to make significant progress, assuring that once it becomes visible, resources will be available to fund the process.


The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, said the Nigeria Police Force is fully in support of the adoption of 112 as Nigeria's unified national emergency number.

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