The Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science (NACEST), Makurdi, Benue State will partner the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on locally-made equipment.
The Rector, Brigadier General Yahaya Abdulhamid disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Director, National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Engr Ya’u Garba Isa recently in Abuja.
The Rector said that the idea to partner NITDA was borne out of the impact the agency had been making in areas of emerging technologies, adding that the Nigerian military was resorting to the use of robots and drones to gather intelligence in order to outsmart bandits and other criminals terrorizing the country.
In his response, the Director NITDA, Engineer Ya’u Garba Isa, said collaboration with the military would open a huge opportunity for the centre to explore in manufacturing of locally-made military hardware that would be used in fighting criminal elements .
He said NCAIR would join forces with the Nigerian Army to use modern method of intelligence gathering to address security challenges bedeviling the country.
He disclosed further that the initiative would also provide first-hand intelligence gathering to the Nation’s security architecture, using technology and digital-driven methods that would end the incessant security threats in the country.
Engineer Isa pointed out that NCAIR, as digital innovation and research facility, was focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Drones, Internet of Things (IOT)and other emerging technologies that could be deployed in a mission area so as to provide intelligence report.
He added that the centre was also looking into the possibility of producing what they termed as ‘Digital Grenade’ that could be used with ‘Wireless Censored Network’ in detecting some vital information in the field during operations.
“NCAIR focuses on creating a thriving ecosystem for Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship (IED), job creation and national development,” he said.
He assured the management of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Technology of the officer’s unflinching support towards the realization of the mutual collaboration that would bring a suitable environment for discovery and harnessing the abundant creative ideas of Nigeria’s teeming youth through the promotion of innovation technologies.
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