President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan says the National Assembly has approved extra-budgetary funding for modern equipment to enhance fire power and operational needs of the armed forces.
Lawan, represented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Sen. Aliyu Wamako, disclosed this at the graduation dinner for the National Defence College (NDC) Course 29 Participants on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that the additional funding would help the military to acquire Counter Improvised Explosive Devices (CIEDs), intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance and communication equipment.
According to him, the Federal Government will continue to reform not only our armed forces but also the institutions and departments that serve them by encouraging a culture of creativity and intelligence risk taking.
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