After touching down at the presidential wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport just before noon on Thursday, President Buhari was received by the state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
, One of the war ships commissioned was imported while the two others were built in Nigeria.
While speaking at the commissioning ceremony President buhari commended the Nigerian Navy for building two out of the three Naval ships, Nigerian Navy Ship UNITY, Nigerian Navy Ship KARADUWA and the Nigerian Navy Tugboat COMMANDER EDWIN UGWU,
The Nigerian Navy Ship UNITY was built in China, while the KARADUWA as well as the Nigerian Navy Tugboat COMMANDER EDWIN UGWU were constructed in Nigeria.
this is the speach of the president at the ceremony, “It is most fulfilling to note that our own engineers at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard, Lagos and the Naval Shipyard, Port Harcourt are wholly responsible for the building of the Seaward Defence Boat, Nigerian Navy Ship KARADUWA and the Tugboat COMMANDER EDWIN UGWU, respectively.
“It is also worth noting that NNS UNITY, which is Nigeria’s newest warship, is the second of such acquisitions from the Peoples’ Republic of China.”
"The Federal Government expects no less from you as looking inwards is the way to go amidst a uniquely challenging mix of recession and rising acute security concerns, " he added.
On the visit, President Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and army chiefs as well as the Police.
The president’s visit is came 24 hours after presenting the 7.298 trillion Naira 2017 budget to the joint session of the national assembly in Abuja.
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