The Nigerian Navy (NN) yesterday
requested for more concessions in the purchase of Excess Defence Articles and
other maritime security hardware from the United States.
The Chief of Naval Staff
(CNS), Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin, made the plea at the opening ceremony of the
exercise Obangame Express 2014, the final planning conference, held in Lagos.
Jibrin urged the US to expand
its current training support to the West African sub-region, to cover a wider
area of human capacity development, as well as the number of beneficiaries.
He noted that the US
government and its allies have been making concerted efforts to enhance the
capability of the Gulf of Guinea nations to monitor and protect their
territorial waters.
Others include the protection
of the various exclusive economic zones from all forms of illegalities.
He added:``Many countries in
the sub-region have benefited from the US facilitated maritime domain awareness
facilities, as well as Excess Defence Article acquisitions.`We have been able
to use the capacity so acquired in improving security within our maritime
domain, in particular and the wider Gulf of Guinea maritime area.
By Adeniyi Idowu Adunola and Tolulope Okunlola
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