Nigeria, July 27 -- Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), made the pledge while receiving the University's Governing Council at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abuja. General Musa described NAUB as a strategic institution that plays a vital role in developing the technical and operational expertise needed to tackle increasingly complex security threats. He disclosed that the Ministry of Defence would work closely with the Armed Forces of Nigeria to fully utilise the 30 per cent admission quota reserved for military personnel, in a bid to bridge critical skills gaps within the nation's security sector.

According to a statement issued by the Minister's Special Assistant on Media, Leah Katung-Babatunde, Genera...