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The European Union, EU, and German Government have donated Information and Communication Technology equipment to Nigeria’s National Defence College, NDC, to enhance defence and security education in West Africa.
The equipment was donated through the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Commission to boost activities of the NDC’s Centre for Strategic Research and Studies being designated as an ECOWAS Centre of Excellence.
The equipment include Newline 75 inches Interactive Screen, Digital Simultaneous language Interpretation System, Digital IR Language Distribution System, computers and printers among others.
In his remarks, the Commandant, NDC, Rear Admiral Olumuyiwa Olotu, said the equipment would help increase the college’s capacity and advance its renewed peace and security governance efforts.
Olotu said that the NDC, being the highest military institution in Nigeria and a designated centre of excellence, had continued to support professional training at a strategic level in West Africa, and the armed forces.
According to him, the NDC has been at the forefront of professional military education and training for senior military and civilian officers from Nigeria and other allied countries.
The Head of Cooperation, German Embassy in Nigeria, Dr Karin Jansen, said the donation was a testament to their shared commitment to fostering peace, security and development in West Africa.
