COVENANT UNIVERSITY DEVELOPS SOFTWARE TO CHECK
ILLEGAL ARMS POSSESSION
Covenant University, a private institution, has developed
a software that can help to check the menace of illegal possession of arms and
its proliferation in the country.
The software is known as the
“Radio Frequency Identification (RID) Enabled Ammunition Depot Management
System’’.
It was on display at an
exhibition organised by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Research and Development
centre to showcase NAF’s efforts in equipment maintenance and management, in
Abuja on Tuesday.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Academic) of the institution, Prof Aderemi Atayero, who presented the product,
said the software had a human tracking capability and could be useful to
security agencies in the country.
Atayero said the software was
developed at the university in August and was the result of the institution’s
efforts in the area of research and development.
According to him, the technology
is already in use at the university to track the movement of staff and other
key members of the university community.
In her remarks at the event, the
Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, reiterated the
commitment of the present administration to support innovations by the nation’s
armed forces.
Johnson said that the
modernisation and re-equipping of the armed forces were of top priority to the
present administration, hence its emphasis on training and re-training of its
personnel.
According to Johnson, the
acquisition of new and modern platforms for the armed forces and training of
its personnel to handle such platforms, clearly explained government’s
commitment to the armed forces.
The minister said the effort to
develop local capacity to maintain some of the platform and equipment was a
welcomed development and should be emulated by other agencies of government.
Earlier, the Chief of Air Staff,
Air Marshal Alex Badeh, said the exhibition was put together by the
reinvigorated NAF Research and Development Centre to encourage its internal
mechanism for repairs and maintenance of its equipment and aircraft.
He said that the new approach was
adopted to address challenges associated with the rising cost of aircraft
maintenance.
According to Badeh, NAF cannot
afford to be dormant, it must strive to remain relevant even as the cost of
maintenance of its platforms and equipment continue to increase.
Badeh called on other agencies of
government and research institutions to collaborate with NAF to achieve its
mandate in spite of the dwindling resources allocated to it.
The six commands in the Nigeria
Air Force and its Kaduna-based Institute of Technology showcased some of their
research works at the event.
The Training Command, Tactical
Air Command and the Logistics Command took the first, second and third
positions respectively at the end of the exhibition assessed by some experts.
The event was attended by the
Supervising Minister of Defence, Mr Labaran Maku, some legislators, service
chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police.
Other institutions that
participated at the one-day exhibition included, the University of Lagos,
Federal University of Technology, Minna and the Covenant University, Ota.
The rest included, NigComSat and
the Nigerian Air Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). [NAN]
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