Nigeria Set To Start Manufacturing Planes – Aviation Minister

Nigeria is set to begin jet manufacture before the end of 2023, according to Minister of Aviation Hadi Siriki.

Hadi Siriki made the remarks during a recent official visit to Hungary’s Magnus Aircraft Industry in Pogany.

According to the minister, should Nigeria forms a partnership with a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer, the country will be able to begin put parts of planes together before moving on to manufacturing.

“If we venture with them, we may start with assembling plant and later manufacturing,” Hadi Siriki said, in a statement released by his spokesman James Odaudu.

According to him, the Magnus plane runs on regular vehicle gasoline and outperforms any training aircraft of its kind. He was particularly pleased with the preparations made in Nigeria to begin manufacturing.

In other NEWS An attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State on Wednesday August 25, was repelled by troops of the Nigerian Army.

A soldier who got injured during the gunfight with the insurgents who stormed Babbangida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the north-eastern state, is currently receiving treatment.

Channels Television reported that a reliable military source said the troops succeeded in recovering one Toyota van out of the three the attackers came with.

A resident Audu Yakubu, said that the attackers came in three Toyota vans and drove straight to the military base.

Yakubu said;

“Some villagers had earlier alerted us that they saw strange faces around the Babbangida axis.

“So on sighting them coming, we all ran into the bush for safety.”

Another resident who craved anonymity said the attackers invaded the community at about 6.15pm and started shooting sporadically. He, however, noted that the military engaged them in a gun battle.