By BASHIR ADEFAKA
“President Xi Jinping recently said (paraphrased), China is willing to make efforts to assume the role of a great power, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world with Nigeria. President Buhari on the other hand gave a more direct assessment of Nigeria’s greatness he said, that he was glad that in-spite of the security challenges Nigeria has faced, other countries still look up to us. President Buhari’s Vision – is for Nigeria to enter and dominate the billion dollar ship building business on a global industrial scale especially in Africa.”
If capability to produce technology is one of the indices for determining a developed economy, Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari now has one. It is the obvious from the standpoint of the fact that the country now is certified manufacturers of ships that can comfortably be called Nigerian, for effective exports.
According to a detailed work posted by Ata Ikiddeh, a concerned Nigerian citizen on his Facebook page on Saturday October 15, 2022, not only that Nigeria has now begun the building of indigenous ships for export but also, even neighbouring countries, particularly the Republic of Cameroon, now places order for Nigerian built ships for use in its territorial and international waterways.
Enthused by some of these achievements as evidently available on public and media records, Mr. Ata Ikiddeh said:
“Great leaders are marked by one distinguishing mark, their ability to turn their people and nation into the worlds’ centre piece. They strive to conquer the world to give their people a place and a voice.
“These are leaders despite the domestic challenges bedevilling their nations keep their eyes on the bigger picture – National Greatness! They are proud of their nations and want to dominate the various spheres of influence, Economically, Militarily, Culturally and Politically.”
Speaking further he said, “China is a perfect example of a nation that has risen from the rice fields of peasantry to dominate the world economically, President Buhari hopes Nigeria will get there one day.”
He then added the more encouraging one, “President Xi Jinping recently said (paraphrased), China is willing to make efforts to assume the role of a great power, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world with Nigeria. “President Buhari on the other hand gave a more direct assessment of Nigeria’s greatness he said, that he was glad that in-spite of the security challenges Nigeria has faced, other countries still look up to us.
“President Buhari’s Vision – is for Nigeria to enter and dominate the billion dollar ship building business on a global industrial scale especially in Africa.
“It is this total belief in Nigeria’s greatness that has propelled Mr President to embark on Nigeria’s Great Ship Building Business.
“Cameroon has become Nigeria’s first customer and has placed orders for made in Nigeria ships,” the social media influencer, Ata Ikiddeh said while lifting some published newspaper evidences to back up his submissions.
Read details of Ata Ikiddeh’s submission below:
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#ExtraodinaryAchievementsofPresidentBuhari
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PRESIDENT BUHARI SCORES ANOTHER FIRST, BEGINS BUILDING OF INDIGENOUS NIGERIAN SHIPS FOR EXPORT
*Cameroon Places Order For Nigerian Built Ships
*Construction NNS Orji
*Construction NNS Karaduwa
*Construction Of Glass Reinforced Plastic Boats
*Construction 25 man House Boat For Nigerian Navy
*Construction Six Carrier Boats Min. Of Agriculture
*Ongoing Construction 3×500 Ton Self Propelled Barges For Nigerian Navy
*Part Construction of The Giant Bongo Oilfield, Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel
*Building Seaward Defence Boat 2
*Building Seaward Defence Boat 3
*Cameroon Becomes First Customer
*Repairing Chinese Boat ,NNS Centenary
Engaged In The Repair With Exclusive Nigerian Engineers And Nigerian Material On The Following Ships, Saving The Nation Billions Of Dollars In Foreign Exchange, Employing Hundreds Of Young Nigerian Engineers And Fabricators
*NNS Ekulu
*NNS Nguru
*NNS Onitsha
*NNS Ibusa
*NNS Osun
*NNS Ikot Abasi
*NNS Benin
*MV Swordfish
9 Dec 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a locally-built Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) 111 in Lagos State. The vessel, which was inaugurated on Thursday and built by NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be built by the Nigerian Navy, according to a statement by Special Adviser to President on Media & Publicity Femi Adesina.
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Great leaders are marked by one distinguishing mark, their ability to turn their people and nation into the worlds’ centre piece. They strive to conquer the world to give their people a place and a voice.
These are leaders despite the domestic challenges bedevilling their nations keep their eyes on the bigger picture – National Greatness! They are proud of their nations and want to dominate the various spheres of influence, Economically, Militarily, Culturally and Politically.
China is a perfect example of a nation that has risen from the rice fields of peasantry to dominate the world economically, President Buhari hopes Nigeria will get there one day.
President Xi Jinping recently said (paraphrased), China is willing to make efforts to assume the role of a great power, and play a guiding role to inject stability and positive energy into a world with Nigeria.
President Buhari on the other hand gave a more direct assessment of Nigeria’s greatness he said, that he was glad that in-spite of the security challenges Nigeria has faced, other countries still look up to us.
President Buhari’s Vision – is for Nigeria to enter and dominate the billion dollar ship building business on a global industrial scale especially in Africa.
It is this total belief in Nigeria’s greatness that has propelled Mr President to embark on Nigeria’s Great Ship Building Business.
Cameroon has become Nigeria’s first customer and has placed orders for made in Nigeria ships.
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Nigerian Navy to begin construction, maintenance of ships for other countries
By Evelyn Usman (Vanguard News)
All is now set for the Nigerian Navy,NN to begin the construction and maintenance of ships for countries within the African continent and other countries of the globe, at the NAVAL DOCKYARD LIMITED , Victoria Island Apapa, Lagos.
Already, the Cameroonian Navy has indicated interest to partner with the Nigerian Navy in ship building and maintenance.
The Chief of the Naval Staff, CNS Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo , made the disclosure during the assessment tour of the yard, by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Musa Istufanus.
The NDL which is the premiere logistics facility of the NN that caters for Third Line or depot level maintenance of NN ships, according to the CNS, had successfully constructed several ships among which was a 31 meter Seaward Defence Boat Project which was commissioned by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 as NNS ANDONI, as well as a 38.9meters Seaward Defence Boat (NNS KARADUWA) which was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari at the NDL in 2016.
At the moment, the CNS said A 43 METRES SEWARD DEFENCE BOAT 3, which is still under construction at the NDL , would be launched in two months. After the launch, he boasted that the NAVAL DOCKYARD WOULD BE SET TO PRODUCE VESSELS FOR ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
The CNS said, “ We’re in partnership with Bureau Varitas , an international ship building certification company. Once they certify SDB 3,we should be able to build ships for any country in the world.
“Just last week I was approached by the Cameroonian Navy, which indicated interest to partner with us in ship building and maintenance. But we want to perfect our design of the SDB 3. Thereafter, we’re going to launch another which will be called SEWARD DEFENCE BOAT 4. After that, we would be able to tell Cameron and other countries around the West Coast and other parts of Africa that they can come and partner with us to build ships for them”.
Expressing satisfaction on the activities at the NDL, the visiting Permanent Secretary, said the Ministry of Defence would support the Navy to up their game in all ramifications.
He said, “Now that I understand all the issues on ground, they will get full support of the Ministry of Defence, to up their game. You know if you tell somebody he is doing well he may go and relax. I don’t want to tell them they’re doing very well. We need to do a lot more and I have discussed with them what I think they should be doing more”.
Earlier in his brief to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence , on activities of NDL, the Admiral Superintendent, Naval Dockyard, Rear Admiral Kohath levi disclosed that the NDL had recorded series of notable achievements in the areas of ship building, marine constructions, ship’s maintenance and fabrications amongst others, since it commenced operations over four decades ago.
He said, “It is worthy to state that the Yard is currently constructing the 43m long SDB III for the NN. The construction of the SDBs at NDL is a strong indication of the Yard’s capacity at local ship building which can be further developed. It is pertinent to state that the construction of the SDB III has reached an advanced stage and the Yard is working round the clock to ensure the delivery of the project as soon as possible. At present, the key remaining works on the project include system integration, gun installation and outfitting which are currently ongoing.
“Additionally, the Yard has commenced the design phase of the projected SEAWARD DEFENCE 4. This was premised on the successes recorded on the previously constructed Seaward Defence Boats.
“Also, considering the amount that could be expended on acquiring similar vessel from outside the shore of Nigeria, which is in the range of N5B – N6.5B compared to about N3.4B budgeted for SDB III, it is opined that sustaining the novel shipbuilding capacity of NN would be in the best interest of the Service in particular and Nigeria in general”.
He informed that the Nigerian Navy through the NDL, entered into collaboration with Messrs Epenal Group of Companies for the CONSTRUCTION OF GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC BOATS and that since the partnership between the two companies was established, they had jointly CONSTRUCTED OVER 100 RIVERINE BOATS, RPB in the Yard.
Levi pointed out that the construction was carried out with the Yard’s facility and equipment, with most of the raw materials locally sourced and most parts of the construction work carried out by NDL staff. The boats according to him, were deployed in the Nigerian brown waters for various NN operations.
Other achievements as highlighted by Rear Admiral Levi , included the CONSTRUCTION OF SIX PERSONNEL CARRIER BOATS FOR MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE and a proposed partnership by the Lagos State Government with the NDL, for the FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SOME FERRY BOATS.
The NDL according to him , was also “ awarded the contract to CONSTRUCT A 25-MAN HOUSE BOAT FOR NIGERIA NAVY choke point regime in 2019. The concept design for the House boat involves assembly of modules made of 40ft containers. It is worthy of note that the construction of the Houseboat was completed and commissioned into the NN as Naval Security Station 030 (NSS 030). It is important to state that the Houseboat was fully constructed in the YARD BY NDL STAFF AND BUILT USING NDL EQUIPMENT AND LOCALLY SOURCED MATERIALS. Currently, NHQ is proposing to award the construction of more house boats to the Yard.
“The Yard has been engaged in the docking and repairs of boats and smaller vessels for the Service and other maritime organisations. These vessels include NN01, NNS EKULU, NNS NGURU, NNS OSE, NNS ONITSHA, NNS IBUSA, NNS OSUN, NNS ONITSHA, NNS IKOT ABASI, NNS BENIN, MV SWORDWISH and MV REBIRTH amongst others. Furthermore, the Yard is on the verge of censuring a contract for the REPAIR/ OVERHAUL OF A4 NIMASA BOATS, which were hitherto considered to be beyond economic repairs. The defects of the boats have been identified and articulated by the Yard with a view to carrying out comprehensive repairs on them.
“The NDL in partnership with HABTOB Global Ventures is currently CONSTRUCTION 2 x 500 TON SELF-PROPELLED BARGES FOR THE NIGERIAN NAVY. One of the barges is earmarked for storage and supply of AGO while the other will supply fresh water to ships at sea. The project commenced in 2019 and it is projected to act as a force multiplier for the NN in her bid to continually maintain presence at sea.
“NNS CENTENARY, one of the two OFFSHORE PATROL VESSELS ACQUIRED FROM CHINA 2012 AND 2017 FROM CHINA, was docked on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 , for replacement of her generators. The replacement has been carried out by a special team of NN personnel constituted by Naval Headquarters and representatives of the Chinese Company that manufactured the vessel. Currently, the vessel is awaiting painting and undocking. Also carried out on the vessel by NDL are underwater maintenance/repairs which include servicing of sea chest valves, fabrication and replacement of mud boxes, removal of sacrificial anodes for replacement, scraping barnacles on the ship’s underwater part, sand blasting as well as application of protective coatings on the ship’s underwater hull.
“ It is pertinent to state that huge resources were saved from the exercise which was carried out in NDL, as an estimated sum of about $5m was to be spent on the vessel if she was taken out of Nigeria compared to a paltry sum of less than $200,000.00 expended on her in NDL.
It is pertinent to mention that the sister vessel, NNS UNITY is currently berthed in the Yard awaiting docking as soon as NNS CENTENARY is undocked”.
“ In addition, NDL recently FABRICATED 10 UNITS PEDESTALS, SHIELDS AND MOUNTS FOR 12.7MM BROWNING MACHINE GUN FOR THE NIGERIAN NAVY.
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The fabrication entailed precision machining to achieve both training and elevation parameters and to withstand the recoil effects of the gun which fires 1,200 rounds per minute. The pedestal shields and gun mounts for the gun were hitherto imported from abroad at about $4,000 (about N1,920,000.00 at an exchange rate of N480 to USD1) per piece. However, the Yard intervened and produced each at less than N900,000.00 per unit. This development saved the nation huge economic losses and further enhanced local capacity development.
“The Yard is currently carrying out PRECISION MACHINING OF A 5 MW STONE CRUSHER ROTOR BELONGING TO MESSRS DANGOTE’S IBESE CEMENT FACTORY in the Heavy Engineering Workshop. This intricate job which was hitherto done abroad further attests to the confidence being reposed on NDL’s ability for quality work delivery by companies in Nigeria.
“The Yard carries out MACHINING OF SHAFTS FOR NAVAL AND MERCHANT VESSELS. Currently, the machining of a 5.875m (length) x 20mm (diameter) shaft belonging to a client is being carried out in the Yard. This is against importing a new shaft from abroad and helps in saving foreign exchange for the country.
“The NDL has been partnering with Messrs Dorman Long in the construction of heavy engineering materials for the oil and gas sectors in Nigeria. For instance, a substantial part of the BONGO FLOATING AND PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING (FPSO) UNIT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN NDL in partnership with Messrs Dorman Long is CONSTRUCTING A GAS PLATFORM for production and processing of gas.
“ One of the objectives of local ship building is to build capacity and domesticate as many parts of the ship building as possible. To this end, it is gladdening to state that NDL has successfully domesticated FABRICATION OF MANY OF THE SEAWARD DEFENCE BOAT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THESE INCLUDE WATER/AIR TIGHT DOORS AND HATCHES, FIRE RATED/ SOUND PROOF interior doors and aluminium roofing amongst others. All these accessories and components have been fabricated in the Yard using both human and material resources available locally.
“NDL recently FABRICATED 10 UNITS OF GUN PEDESTALS, SHIELDS AND MOUNTS FOR 12.7MM BROWNING MACHINE GUN for the NN. The fabrication entailed precision machining to achieve both training and elevation parameters and to withstand the recoil effects of the gun which fires 1,200 rounds per minute. The pedestal shields and gun mounts for the gun were hitherto imported from abroad at about $4,000 (about N1,920,000.00 at an exchange rate of N480 to USD1) per piece. However, the Yard intervened and produced each at less than N900,000.00 per unit. This development saved the nation huge economic loses and further enhanced local capacity development”, Rear Admiral Levi stated.
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Compatriot Ata Ikiddeh
Consultant and Coordinator
The Buhari Legacy Projects
The Presidency
