Air chief lauds NASS, Buhari over passage of AFIT bill

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, yesterday commended the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari for passing into law the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Bill.

The president assented to the bill, which seeks to give technical training to the personnel of NAF and other services of the Nigerian Armed Forces and citizens of other African countries on December 7.

With the passage of the bill, the institute now has a university status and can receive funds from tertiary education bodies, patent its technological breakthroughs as well as build more structures to expand its current accommodation status. 

Fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the first governing board meeting of the institute and commissioning of a block of a 220-capacity classroom inside NAF Base Kaduna, the CAS expressed optimism that the new status of the institute would improve its efficiency and the capacity of Armed Forces in terms of technological advancements.