The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Idi Abbas, says Nigeria was ready to partner with Türkiye defence industries to strengthen Nigeria’s ship building naval capabilities.
The Director, Naval Information, Navy Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho, in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday quoted Abbas as saying this during a meeting with Deputy Secretary of Defence Industries, Türkiye, Mr Gökhan Uçar.
The meeting was aimed at deepening Nigeria–Türkiye defence-industrial cooperation.
Abbas stressed the importance of mutually beneficial partnerships, sustained engagement and firm contractual commitments in building credible and enduring defence-industrial cooperation.
He also underscored the need for partnerships that deliver greater localisation, skills development, maintenance capability and long-term technological value to Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the engagement also focused other opportunities such as defence technology, technology transfer, local production and capacity development.
It is expected to provide support for Nigerian Navy fleet modernisation.
The engagement builds on ongoing Nigeria–Türkiye defence cooperation and explored opportunities to advance localisation, joint production, research and development.
It also seems to provide maintenance and technical capacity development within Nigeria’s maritime defence sector.
It reaffirmed the importance of strategic industrial partnerships in strengthening naval capability and advancing the Nigerian Navy’s efforts toward a more modern, self-reliant and operationally effective fleet.
