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...

REPS DISMISSES PETITION AGAINST NIPCO GAS LICENCE AWARD. (PHOTO).


 REPS DISMISSES PETITION AGAINST NIPCO GAS LICENCE AWARD


The House of Representatives has dismissed the petition seeking the cancellation of gas distribution licences issued to NIPCO Plc.


The petition, filed by the Nigerian Energy Security Watch Group, challenged licences granted by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun States, and the Lekki Free Trade Zone.


But a Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, chaired by Representative Peter Aniekwe, ruled after investigation that the petitioners failed to prove any allegation of wrongdoing, describing the petition as based on hearsay and lacking in substance.


It said licensing remains the statutory function of the NMDPRA under the Petroleum Industry Act, and the House will continue to exercise oversight in the public interest.

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