Matawalle Present Hi-Tech Unmanned Water Vessel To Tinubu

Matawalle Present Hi-Tech Unmanned Water Vessel To Tinubu

By Hussaini Ibrahim Sulaiman

The Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has presented two hi-tech unmanned water vessels to President Bola Tinubu.

The presentation took place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

A statement issued by the Director of Press, Information and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, on Friday, quoted the Minister to have told the President that the “two vessels would to help in the fight against insecurity on our waterways in particular and the nation in general”.

“The two unmanned ships were a donation by Swift Ship Company in the USA to the Nigerian Government,” the minister explained.

Presenting the two versions of the equipment – the S2 and S3 Swift Sea Stalkers – he said that the hi-tech equipment is the latest technology that would be deployed in fighting insecurity in the Niger Delta, Lake Chad Region and other maritime regions of the country.

It would be recalled that the minister recently undertook a working visit to the US and inspected NEANY, Swift Ships and OCR Global, hi-tech military hardware-producing companies in the US.

Furthermore, the minister said that the donation of the vessels is the gain of his working visit to some companies in the US.

Matawalle intimated to Tinubu that the tour was aimed at promoting innovative technologies that would enhance the Nigerian military’s efficiency in addressing contemporary security challenges.

In addition, the minister said that the idea was to encourage partnership with US companies in the production of military hardware locally in Nigeria in collaboration with Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON).

Matawalle added that the new-found partnership would allow Nigeria to learn the innovative ways of military hardware production which is in line with Tinubu’s agenda of securing the nation.

The minister further briefed the President that part of the facilities he inspected while in the US included the rapid deployment of a mobile RADAR system, unmanned water vehicles, a drone ground control station, and a compact biometric search-scan system, among others.

He reassured the President that the cutting-edge military and intelligence hardware capabilities presented would go a long way in the fight against insecurity in Nigeria.