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Nigeria first indigenous car manufacturing company, Innoson Vehicle
Manufacturing Company (IVM), on Wednesday, signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Air Force for the research and
production of spare parts for its fighter jets.
Speaking on the MoU, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique
Abubakar, who was represented by the Chief of Policy and Planning, Air
Vice-Marshal James Gbum, told journalists at Nnewi, Anambra state, that
the partnership with Innoson has kept the Air force fleet of jets
running smooth for the past few months.
He said that: “Our war efforts will be in vain if we don’t do
something to ensure we get spare parts because some of our fighter
aircrafts that have formed the back-bone of our struggle against Boko
Haram, were once down due to lack of spare parts and mainly the break
assemblies of these air crafts.”
“The Air Chief immediately ordered our research and development cell
in Kaji to start to research into this break assembly overhaul. They
went ahead and carried out the research. However, the first proto-type
they brought couldn’t pass the test.”
“The Nigerian Air Force later discovered that Innoson Vehicle
Manufacturing Company at Nnewi, Anambra State is very capable of
collaborating with the Nigerian Air Force to achieve the required
standards of overhauling our break assemblies.”
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