The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has inaugurated the second 76- metre high Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessel, built by a Turkish ship builder, Dearsan Shipyard, for the Nigerian Navy.
Performing the ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, the first Lady said the administration of President Bola Tinubu was committed to a more secured and prosperous nation.
A statement on the ceremony was made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja by the first lady’s spokesperson, Busola Kukoyi.
According to the statement, Mrs Tinubu performed the age-long tradition of slipping the vessel into water – formal custom that celebrates a vessel being transferred from land to water for the first time.
She said the vessels were a testament to the commitment of President Tinubu’s administration to a more secured maritime environment for economic development.
“The acquisition of the high endurance offshore patrol vessels is another feat in the Tinubu administration’s commitment to the Nigerian Navy’s fleet renewal efforts towards a more secured maritime environment for the nation’s economic prosperity.”
