The Commander of the Royal
Jordanian Air Force (RJAF), Maj.-Gen. Yousef Al-Hnaity, on Sunday arrived in
Nigeria on a week-long working visit to Nigerian Air Force (NAF).
The Director of Public
Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya,
said in Abuja that the visit was to further explore areas of collaboration
between RJAF and NAF.
The director recalled that
Nigerian Air Force chiefs visited Jordan in August to initiate collaboration
between RJAF and NAF.
“The visit to RJAF was
fruitful, leading to a promise to provide necessary military assistance and
training to NAF.
“While in Nigeria, the top
military officer from Jordan will pay a courtesy call on the Minister of
Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin,
and the CAS, all in Abuja.
“He will also visit several
NAF bases including the ones in Kaduna State and Lagos State, as well as
interact with NAF frontline pilots in Maiduguri and Yola,” he said.
Adesanya expressed optimism
that the country would benefit greatly from the visit, particularly in area of
capacity building for NAF pilots and aircraft engineers who could train with
their Jordanian counterparts.
He noted that Jordan shared
similar security challenges with Nigeria as well as experiences that would
impact positively on the global efforts to deal with terrorism. (NAN)
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