President Muhammadu Buhari’s
launch of surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, produced locally by the
Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology is already generating controversy
over the claim that it is the first indigenous UAV, whereas former president,
Goodluck Jonathan was said to have launched the same invention in December,
2013.
Buhari, had while inducting the
unmanned aerial vehicle christened TSAIGUMI, in Kaduna, on Thursday, said, “It
is a pleasure to be here with you all for the induction of the Nigerian Air
Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, ‘TSAIGUMI’, Nigeria’s first indigenously
developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The significance of this accomplishment as a
milestone of national technological development cannot be over-estimated”.
Since the news broke, there have
been speculations that TSAIGUMI is the same UAV which the then president
Jonathan commissioned in 2013.
Goodluck Jonathan had on December
18, 2013 in Kaduna unveiled the first Nigerian made unmanned aerial vehicle,
UAV, named GULMA which was built by the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna.
In his speech at the unveiling
ceremony, Jonathan said at the time that as Nigeria continues to witness
breakthrough in technology at various sectors, it was imperative to appreciate
the fact that Nigeria has potential to do great things, charging Nigerians to
continue to explore all available areas that could take the country to
greatness.
The PDP in its reaction described
the commissioning as a shameful act as its National Publicity Secretary of
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan wrote on Twitter, “It’s a
shame that same project former President GEJ commissioned in Dec 17th 2013 is
the same project (first unmanned drone ) that Buhari is recommissioning and the
@APCNigeria apologists are celebrating this Shameful act.”
Clarifying the issue under
contention regarding the drone, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF,
AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya said on Friday that the UAV commissioned yesterday by
Buhari is the first indigenous operational drone.
According to him, “The other one
was not operational. It was a prototype. It was not prepared to conduct any
operation. This one built on the earlier one and it is a much more improved
version. This is a much more improved version of the other one. This one has
mixed characteristics… with so many other things.”
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