INigeria iqinisa amandla ayo omkhosi womoya ngokuhambisa izixhobo ezixabisa i-$346 yezigidi. Ezi zixhobo ziquka izixhobo ezikhokelwayo, iibhombu, kunye neerokethi zobuchule ezisetyenziselwa iinqwelomoya zokuhlasela ezilula.
Zithuthwa ngenqwelo-moya yokuthutha i-C-17, ezi zixhobo kufuneka zivumele imikhosi yaseNigeria ukuba iphucule amandla ayo okuhlasela kwaye ingakumbi ukuchaneka kokusebenza kwayo emoyeni.
Ezi mpahla ziquka iibhombu ezili-1,000 ezinobunzima obuziikhilogram ezingama-500, izixhobo zolawulo lwelaser, kunye neerokhethi ezikhokelwayo ezingaphezu kwama-5,000. Ezi zixhobo zongeza kwizixhobo ezikhoyo kwiNigerian Air Force.
Kangangeminyaka eliqela, i-Abuja ibisoloko iphucula iinqanawa zayo kwaye isasaza izixhobo zayo ukuze iqinise inkxaso yayo yomoya kwimisebenzi yomhlaba. Eli lizwe lineenqwelo-moya ezili-12 ze-A-29 Super Tucano, iinqwelo-moya zokuhlasela ezilula ezilungele ukugada, inkxaso yomhlaba, kunye nemisebenzi yamaqela axhobileyo.
Ukuqiniswa kwale zixhobo kuza njengoko imikhosi yaseNigeria isaqhubeka nokujongana nemida emininzi yokhuseleko, ingakumbi kumantla-mpuma welizwe nxamnye neBoko Haram kunye ne-Islamic State eNtshona Afrika, kodwa nakwezinye iindawo ezijongene nokuhlaselwa ngamaqela axhobileyo.
Olu lwabiwo-mali lutsha luyinxalenye yemizamo yeNigeria yokwandisa ukusebenza kakuhle kwemisebenzi yayo yasemkhosini nokuqinisa amandla omkhosi wayo womoya.
Yolande Bazié
Funda ngakumbi ngeNdaba zaseAfrika
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