President Muhammadu Buhari approved N13.3 billion for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative as part of efforts to boost security nationwide.
Buhari disclosed this in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration.
President Muhammadu Buhari delivers a speech during the Two-Day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in the State House, Abuja
According to him, the Ministry of Defence has been instructed to create a modest military-industrial complex for the local production of weapons to meet some of the requirements of the country’s armed forces.
While noting that the establishment of the industrial complex would address Nigeria’s over-dependence on other countries for military equipment and logistics, the project is being implemented under the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria DICON, a military department responsible for arms manufacture.
Buhari expressed the hope that the execution of critical projects through the Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme, will result in achieving the national goal of improved power supply by 2025.
