TETFUND boss charges DICON, AFIT to locally produce weapons, other technological needs
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund , Prof Suleiman Bogoro has said that Nigeria must as a matter of urgency, transform theory learned in classrooms to technological achievements by internally producing needed weapons and other essentials required for defence and civic commitments.
He spoke during a tour of military ,academic and industrial institutions in Kaduna so as to have a first-hand knowledge and know areas that require urgent and sustainable intervention from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
At the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria ( DICON) ,Bogoro expressed satisfaction at the level of preparedness and high-tech facilities used in the production of military hardware and basic training facilities ,as he was taken on a tour round the premier Defence Industries established 56 years ago.