The Nigerian Navy has placed order for
two war ships from the Republic of
China, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice
Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba has revealed
in Calabar.
Ezeoba stated this while undertaking the
annual inspection of naval facilities and
formations in the Eastern Naval
Command.
The new ships, according to him, on
delivery, would give the Navy the needed
capacity and edge to effectively combat
sea piracy and oil theft which are all
acts of economic sabotage.
Ezeoba said one ship would be launched
in China in January 2014 and brought
down while the second would be delivered
second quarter of the year.
“To effectively combat our vast marine
space, helicopters, open patrol vehicles,
speed boats, and adequate manpower
are needed; that is why we are taking
delivery of these ships to beef up our
defence and combat capacity”, he said.
Ezeoba also commended the Eastern
Naval Command for combating sea piracy
and oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea to a
reasonable level, which he noted has
made the sea route along Calabar, Oron
and Gabon relatively safe and secure.
“We have a mandate from the President
of this nation to combat bunkering and
piracy in the sea and the Eastern Naval
Command has combated and reduced
the incidences of sea piracy and oil
theft to a very low level and this has
made the Calabar Water Channel
relatively safe,” he said.
Ezeoba said that the multi billion naira
Naval Specialist Hospital in Calabar that
was abandoned for over thirty years was
nearing completion and would be
commissioned in the first quarter of
2014.
“That facility has been abandoned for
over thirty years and what I did
yesterday was to take an on the spot
assessment of work and from the state
of work done so far, that project will be
commissioned in the first quarter of
2014,” Ezeoba added.
He said from his assessment, the units
and bases were stable which proves that
the Nigerian Navy was operationally
prepared to undertake any mission in
any part of the world in terms of the
efficiency of its personnel and
equipment capacity.
two war ships from the Republic of
China, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice
Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba has revealed
in Calabar.
Ezeoba stated this while undertaking the
annual inspection of naval facilities and
formations in the Eastern Naval
Command.
The new ships, according to him, on
delivery, would give the Navy the needed
capacity and edge to effectively combat
sea piracy and oil theft which are all
acts of economic sabotage.
Ezeoba said one ship would be launched
in China in January 2014 and brought
down while the second would be delivered
second quarter of the year.
“To effectively combat our vast marine
space, helicopters, open patrol vehicles,
speed boats, and adequate manpower
are needed; that is why we are taking
delivery of these ships to beef up our
defence and combat capacity”, he said.
Ezeoba also commended the Eastern
Naval Command for combating sea piracy
and oil theft in the Gulf of Guinea to a
reasonable level, which he noted has
made the sea route along Calabar, Oron
and Gabon relatively safe and secure.
“We have a mandate from the President
of this nation to combat bunkering and
piracy in the sea and the Eastern Naval
Command has combated and reduced
the incidences of sea piracy and oil
theft to a very low level and this has
made the Calabar Water Channel
relatively safe,” he said.
Ezeoba said that the multi billion naira
Naval Specialist Hospital in Calabar that
was abandoned for over thirty years was
nearing completion and would be
commissioned in the first quarter of
2014.
“That facility has been abandoned for
over thirty years and what I did
yesterday was to take an on the spot
assessment of work and from the state
of work done so far, that project will be
commissioned in the first quarter of
2014,” Ezeoba added.
He said from his assessment, the units
and bases were stable which proves that
the Nigerian Navy was operationally
prepared to undertake any mission in
any part of the world in terms of the
efficiency of its personnel and
equipment capacity.
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