The
Federal Government, yesterday, attributed its inability to adequately fund
major projects, including those of the armed forces, to recession currently
facing the country. It also lauded efforts of the armed forces in the fight
against insurgency, with the available resources at their disposal. Minister of
Defence, Mohammed Dan-Ali, who disclosed this while declaring open a two-day
2016 Nigerian Air Force Logistic Command seminar, lamented that the dwindling economy
had adversely affected the procurement of military hardware. Represented by the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Ambassador Danjuma Nanpon, Ali stated
that the seminar, with the theme “Repositioning NAF logistics for efficient
employment and air power in response to contemporary national security
imperatives” was apt because the sustenance of the country’s war efforts
largely depended on a sound logistic system. He asserted that the Nigerian Air
Force had remained a major player in carrying out aerial bombardments which led
to the destruction of Boko Haram fighters’ camps, thus dislodging them from
their strongholds within the Sambisa forests and adjoining enclaves. Fighter
jets consume 1.9m litres of fuel monthly Earlier in his address, Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, explained that the theme of the seminar
was borne out of the need for NAF to put together a carefully planned strategy
to effectively and efficiently deploy necessary air power to address the
challenges facing the country. One such strategy, according to him, is to
ensure availability of aviation fuel for fighter jets in operational areas,
whether the product was available or not. For instance, he disclosed that the
service consumed an average of 1.9 million litres of aviation fuel monthly on
its fighter aircraft. Also in his welcome address, Air Officer Commanding,AOC
Logistics Command, Air Vice Marshal Sani Ahmed, said the command was striving
to evolve a “credible, responsive and responsible logistics system that would
guarantee timely, effective and efficient air support in all theatres of
operations in the country
The Federal Government,
yesterday, attributed its inability to adequately fund major projects,
including those of the armed forces, to recession currently facing the
country.
It also lauded efforts of the armed forces in the fight against
insurgency, with the available resources at their disposal.
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Dan-Ali, who disclosed this while
declaring open a two-day 2016 Nigerian Air Force Logistic Command
seminar, lamented that the dwindling economy had adversely affected the
procurement of military hardware.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Ambassador
Danjuma Nanpon, Ali stated that the seminar, with the theme
“Repositioning NAF logistics for efficient employment and air power in
response to contemporary national security imperatives” was apt because
the sustenance of the country’s war efforts largely depended on a sound
logistic system.
He asserted that the Nigerian Air Force had remained a major player in
carrying out aerial bombardments which led to the destruction of Boko
Haram fighters’ camps, thus dislodging them from their strongholds
within the Sambisa forests and adjoining enclaves.
Fighter jets consume 1.9m litres of fuel monthly
Earlier in his address, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique
Abubakar, explained that the theme of the seminar was borne out of the
need for NAF to put together a carefully planned strategy to
effectively and efficiently deploy necessary air power to address the
challenges facing the country.
One such strategy, according to him, is to ensure availability of
aviation fuel for fighter jets in operational areas, whether the
product was available or not.
For instance, he disclosed that the service consumed an average of 1.9
million litres of aviation fuel monthly on its fighter aircraft.
Also in his welcome address, Air Officer Commanding,AOC Logistics
Command, Air Vice Marshal Sani Ahmed, said the command was striving to
evolve a “credible, responsive and responsible logistics system that
would guarantee timely, effective and efficient air support in all
theatres of operations in the country.”
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