(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Erelu-Olusola-Agbeja-Obada2-300x192.jpg) The Defence Minister of State, Erelu Olusola Obada at the ongoing Ministerial scorecard presentation has revealed that the efforts of the Military-led Joint Task Force in internal security operations had yielded 99% success especially in the area of curtailing the excesses of insurgents, kidnappers, oil pipeline vandals and other unscrupulous elements in the country.
She also stated that Nigeria still retains her pride of place in the geostrategic position of peacekeeping operations the world over.
She added that in order to reposition the Defence sector in line with international best practices as encapsulated in the vision 20:2020 and in consonance with the Transformation Agenda of this administration, the military industrial complex has been commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan. This, she said, will foster local production of military gadgets, provide modernized and well trained armed forces that will take Nigeria to the next level.
Obada averred that since no nation can defend itself in isolation, given the current dimension of global terrorism, collaboration and partnership with other developed nations have become necessary to close gaps against criminal practices. To this end, tripartite service institutions and interventionist policies have been designed among the various arms of Defence with other foreign missions.
In another development, she said, Nigeria recorded the decoration of the first female pilot as well as winging of twenty other pilots to boost the giant strides in the military aviation sector.
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