DSS, NASENI Start Native Manufacturing of Drones, Surveillance Devices to Increase Safety Intelligence

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Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) have begun the joint manufacturing of superior safety tools in a transfer seen as a turning level within the nation’s quest for technological self-reliance and intelligence effectivity.

Speaking in Abuja, NASENI Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, described the initiative as a “major stride towards homegrown innovation in national security.”

He mentioned the mission, totally supported by President Bola Tinubu, goals to reinforce intelligence gathering, surveillance, and total operational functionality of Nigeria’s safety companies.

Although the precise tools was not disclosed, sources inside the safety and know-how sectors counsel that manufacturing might embody unmanned aerial autos (drones), superior surveillance cameras, biometric monitoring instruments, encrypted communication units, and sensor-based monitoring techniques, all of which crucial to fashionable intelligence operations.

Halilu revealed {that a} state-of-the-art manufacturing facility collectively constructed with the DSS in Abuja is already operational, outfitted with fashionable manufacturing instruments for security-grade know-how.

“This collaboration reflects the President’s vision to build capacity locally and reduce reliance on imported security systems,” he mentioned.

He additionally credited DSS Director General, Oluwatosin Ajayi, for advancing the President’s directive that Nigeria’s safety establishments obtain self-reliance in tools manufacturing. Both companies, he added, have educated technical consultants to maintain manufacturing and innovation over time.

The initiative is predicted to strengthen nationwide safety infrastructure and place Nigeria as a possible hub for safety know-how manufacturing in West Africa.

Analysts say it might even have ripple results on native analysis, job creation, and regional stability.

“The project marks a decisive step in integrating science, engineering, and intelligence,” Halilu mentioned. “It is about ensuring that Nigeria’s security ecosystem is supported by indigenous technology, designed by Nigerians and for Nigerians.”

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