Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said Nigeria suffered some embarrassment for alleged use of substandard weapons to prosecute the anti-insurgency war.
He said it was avoidable if the nation had a functional defence industry.The minister, who stated this while delivering a lecture titled: “The role of science and technology in national development” to students of Senior Course 39/2016 of the Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, said a close collaboration between his ministry and the Federal Ministry of Defence can do a lot in helping the country meet many of its defence needs.
Onu urged the military to begin to patronise made in Nigeria goods and services, noting that hardly can any nation give to another its best weapons and military equipment.
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