Ministry Of Labour Commends Nigerian Air Force For Reducing Unemployment Among Youths

Conducting the team round the facility, the Managing Director NAFIL, Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Bagare, who was represented by the Deputy Managing Director, Air Commodore Uchechi Nwagwu, stated that the workshop was commissioned by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, on 8 June 2017, with the aim of domesticating the sewing of NAF uniforms. He disclosed that prior to the establishment of the Workshop, NAF uniforms were imported from abroad or contracted to local vendors at very high cost. This domestication, he said, has significantly reduced overall cost for the NAF thereby generating savings for the Service that could be channeled to other pressing needs. He further stated that about 52,000 pairs of various types of NAF uniforms had been sewn in the workshop. Apart from sewing uniforms for the NAF, Air Commodore Nwagwu disclosed that NAFIL Tailoring Workshop also sews uniforms for some major security outfits as well as other private organisations, such as Baze University in Abuja, whilst also training tailors from within and outside the Base. With a total staff strength of 106, comprising an officer, 37 airmen/airwomen and 68 civilians, the workshop runs round the clock in 3 shifts with 92 different types of industrial cloth-making machines.