The Nigerian Government has announced the approval of four multimillion−dollar satellites to aid earth observation and the fight against Boko Haram, Iswap, Bandits and other forms of insecurity in the country.
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, disclosed this at the 22nd National Council on Innovation, Science and Technology in Abuja.
According to the minister, the satellites consisted of three Earth Observation satellites and one Radar Aperture satellite.
“Just last week, the Federal Executive Council approved that Nigeria launch four satellites, satellites that are worth millions of dollars, three Earth Observation satellites and one search satellite.
“The search satellite is the one that will pick images both day, night, during rain, every time of the day, and that is technology in play.
“The military can use it effectively, unlike now that when we want to go and view Sambisa forest and some of these dungeons on gorilla warfare, we have to buy images and data,” he said.