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Navy To Relocate Lagos Bases To Other States

The Nigerian Navy is set to relocate its Bases in Lagos to other states.

EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Nigerian Navy has planned to relocate some of its Bases in Lagos State to other states.

A source in the Nigerian Navy, who made the disclosure on Sunday, said the decision was taken to decongest the presence of the Navy in Lagos and other maritime environments.

The source further disclosed that the plans were at an advanced stage to relocate the School of Communication and Information Technology and PT School from Lagos to Ife, Osun State, adding that the Command Naval Drafting has been relocated to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

The source noted that the Navy Board recently approved the establishment of three new naval Bases in Lekki, Oguta, and Kano.

The source, however, added that the new Base in Kano was greeted by criticism.

The source revealed, “All naval establishments and units are called bases notwithstanding their physical location. Depending on their responsibilities, naval bases could be for operations, training, logistics, or administration.

“The base in Kano is intended to be home of the newly created Nigerian Navy Logistics College.

“The Nigerian Navy took a strategic decision to decongest its presence in the Lagos area by expanding to other locations other than Lagos, Calabar, Warri, and Port Harcourt.

“This decision led to the establishment of the Nigerian Navy Finance and Logistics College in Owerrinta, Abia State, Nigerian Navy School of Armament Technology in Kachia, Kaduna as well as the School of Health Sciences in Offa, Kwara State.

“Also, in line with this decision, the Command Naval Drafting has been relocated to Lokoja, Kogi State while the School of Music is now located in Ota, Ogun State. Efforts are currently ongoing to relocate the School of Communication and Information Technology, NNCET and PT School from Lagos to Ife, Osun State,” the source disclosed.

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