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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Nigeria: Naval chief wants FG to replace obsolete ships

CALABAR — THE Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu T. A. Adekeye has said that ships of the Nigerian Navy have become obsolete and wants the Federal Government to replace them between now and five years.

Adekeye who was in Calabar to tell the sailors of the Eastern Naval Command “on the state ofour navy and how we can move forward from where we are” said the navy was not pressing forimmediate replacement.He said he may have left the service when the change and order of battle (ORBAT) commences but that “we will have the satisfaction that we laid the right foundation” for the change.

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