NAF To Expand Presence In South /West- CAS

The Nigeria Air Force is to expand its presence in the South West Geopolitical Zone to meet the Air Power requirements of the Service for the Zone

It presently has units in Lagos and Ipetu-Ijesha while the Unit in Ibadan is inadequate, Chief of Air Staff ,Sir Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said.

He disclosed when he visited formations in Oyo state ,where the governor of the state, Engr Seyi Makinnde lauded NAF’ s contribution to security in the state and promised to support expansion of it’s facilities.

A statement issued by Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, over the CAF”s visit, explained that the service has expanded its organizational structure over the last 5 years, by creating 2 new Commands and 2 new staff branches as well as establishing several new units across the country, but however, intends to further expand its presence in the South West Geopolitical Zone to meet the Air power requirements of the Airforce for the area

According to the DOPRI , the service at present, only has units in Lagos and Ipetu-Ijesha while the Unit in Ibadan was inadequate to meet the Air Power requirements of the Service for the Zone.

He said the NAF therefore intends to key into the Airport upgrade project to expand its presence in Ibadan by building a new Base along with necessary support facilities so as to have an alternate Base for the C-130H fleet to operate from.

The statement quotes the CAS as saying “We are interested in keying into the Airport expansion plan so that we can have Ibadan as another base for the C-130H aircraft that we operate in Lagos so that when we have any problem, we don’t have to fly from Lagos”,

While highlighting the state of infrastructure at the AFCS Ibadan, Air Marshall Abubakar announced that the School emerged as the overall best public secondary school in Nigeria in the last West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations. This, he noted, underscored the need to, as matter of priority, get the School connected to reliable mains power supp