Minister

Alh. Aliyu Gusau

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Federal Ministry of Defence

Table of Content

Introduction

Key Achievements

Defence Headquarters

Army Affairs

Navy Affairs

Airforce Affairs

Highlights

Introduction

• The Ministry’s mandates are implemented through its Departments, the Defence Headquarters and the Services

• i.e. Army, Navy and the Air Force including other Institutional arrangements relevant to the Defence Industry. The following are the major Achievements of the Ministry

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Key Achievements

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Nigeria-made APC

• Construction of Participants Quarters, Nigerian Defence College

(NDC) Permanent Site, Piwoyi - Abuja.

• Construction and Furnishing of additional Hostel at NDA,

Kaduna

• Rehabilitation of Military Cemetery Maiduguri

• Rehabilitation of Military Cemetery Lokoja

• Provision of Water and Sewage Reticulation for both PQ I & PQ

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Key Achievements

• Operation PULO SHIELD: This was set–up in Niger Delta with the aim of protecting and safeguarding oil installations

• Operation SAFE HAVEN: Established in Jos and has successfully reduced the communal clashes on the Plateau and environs

• Operation RESTORE ORDER: Established to cut down on the activities and intensity of the Boko Haram Sects in Borno, Yobestates and environs.

• Conducted Joint Military Exercise between Nigeria, Cameroun and Benin Republic

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Defence Headquarters

• Operation MESA: This is a security measure being carried out in conjunction with the Police and State Governments aimed at reducing the activities of terrorists and criminals in the States of the Federation.

• We have maintained and continued to sustain Nigeria’s leadership position in African continent by playing a leading role in both regional and world peace efforts

• Opened new Military Attaches in the Republics of Niger and Mali to checkmate the spread and proliferation of small arms and light weapons arising from the Libyan crisis.

• Sustained regional collaboration in maritime operations with Cameroun, Chad and Benin Republic

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• Renovation and Rehabilitation of Buildings and Infrastructures at 44 Reference Hospital Kaduna and 68 Reference Hospital, Yaba, Lagos by NA Engineers

• Construction of Bayelsa Cantonment by NA Engineer

• Repaired 80 Armoured Fighting Vehicles and personnel carriers (APCs) locally

• Construction of Counter Terrorist/Counter insurgency (COT/COIN0 Buildings- Jaji by NA Engineers

• Construction of Tank & Arty Shds by NA Engineers

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Army Affairs

• NN’s Thunder, a Frigate offered by the US Government was commissioned by the First lady on 23rd January, 2012 and subsequently deployed for Naval Operations

• Participated in the OBANGAME EXPRESS 2012 edition held between 18th February and 1stMarch, 2012. Some of the Countries that participated include Nigeria, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon among others. The exercise, adjudged very successful, was declared closed by the Honourable Minister of State for Defence (HMOSD).

• Purchase of 4No.17meter Manta MK III ASD Naval Patrol Craft for the Nigerian Navy

• Acquired NNS Thunder (an ocean going war ship)

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Navy Affairs

• Acquired 3N0. Shaldag Fast Patrol Boats

• Procurement of 2No.92m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Nigerian Navy (NN).

• Procurement of 3No.24.8m Shaldag Fast Patrol Boats (FPBs) and spare parts and training to the Nigerian Navy (NN).

• Procurement of 3No. 24m OCEA Fast Patrol Boats (FPBs)

• Commissioning of four warships in Lagos (NNS Okpabana, NNS Centenary, NNS Sagbama and NNS Prosperity)

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Navy Affairs

Commissioning of four warships in Lagos (NNS Okpabana, NNS Centenary, NNS Sagbama and NNS Prosperity)

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Commissioning of four warships in Lagos (NNS Okpabana, NNS Centenary, NNS Sagbama and NNS Prosperity)

• Reactivation of 5No G222 Aircraft and 1No additional G222 Aircraft

• Repair and Retrieval of 5No C-130H Aircraft engines, Propellers and Refrigerators

• Purchase of Satcom Down Link for ATR-42 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

• Reactivation of 6Nos L-39ZA Aircraft

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Airforce Affairs

• Reactivation of 6No. Alpha Jet and 1 No Engine Test Bench

• Procurement of New 12 No Agusta 109 Helicopters

• Purchased Mi-35 Helicopters while Super Puma Helicopters and Alpha-Jets and Engine Test Bench have been reactivated

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Highlights

NNS PROSPERITY A497

Nigerian Army personnel – braving the odds somewhere in the rugged Mandara Mountains.

• Declared a state of emergency (SOE) in the most affected states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno in 2013 with the extension approved by the National Assembly in 2014 based on a request by President Jonathan

• Launched the Safe Schools Initiative to ensure that young people are not only safe in going to school, but that schools are an environment ripe for learning, growth and development free of fear.

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• Created a new Infantry Division of the Nigerian Army, headquartered in Maiduguri, with a mission to stamp out terrorism in the North-East.

• Enhanced collaboration with allies within the West African region, and international community to tackle terrorism in Nigeria, leading to the categorization of Boko Haram as a terrorist organization by the United Nations and others members of the international community.

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Security summit

• Convened a security summit in Paris, with French President François Hollande, during which the Presidents of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad agreed to join with Nigeria and wage war against Boko Haram.

• Launched the North-East Development Programme, to tackle the root causes of terrorism.

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• Launched the North-East Development Programme, to tackle the root causes of terrorism.

• Conducted mass recruitment to bolster the ranks of security agencies.

• Implemented Operation Safe Haven, which has successfully reduced the communal clashes on the Plateau and environs.

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• Enhanced Nigeria’s leadership position in regional and global peace efforts, earning praise from the United Nations for Nigeria's role in peacekeeping operations across Africa

• Sent troops to halt Islamist advances in Mali and to support the rule of law in Ivory Coast.

• Established a committee on Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) to combat the flow of weaponry to Boko Haram and armed criminal gangs.

• Created a Victims Support Fund in order to mobilise resources and administer appropriate support to victims of insurgency and Boko Haram terrorist activities.

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• Checkmating the influx of illegal arms within its Area of Responsibility through robust patrols

• Arrest of some members of the Boko Haram Group including those who escaped to other countries

• Establishment of Forward Operating Bases from where Quick Response Force is launched

• Effective conduct of Pre-Deployment Training at the Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Centre Jaji for all units inducted into the mission area and also for Military Observers deployed to various missions.

• Enhanced protection of oil and gas facilities through increased air and ground patrols of pipeline networks to deter vandals from sabotage activities.

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