Nigerian Air Force has within the past two years built about two thousand housing units across its bases in the country.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar spoke through Air Officer Commanding, Air Training Command, Air Vice Marshal Christopher Okoye at the forty-sixth convocation lecture of Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna.

The lecture, with the theme “Contemporary Issues in Aircraft Maintenance in the 21st Century’’, was delivered by Director, Quality and Safety, Dornier Aviation, Olatunji Agoro.

Abunakar said NAF had been well funded within the past two years and expressed gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the unrelenting efforts at making NAF better.

Our aircraft sustainability has also moved from 35 per cent to over 65 per cent within these two years. That’s an incredible speed.

As regard barracks upgrade, we have added about 2,000 buildings constructed in the NAF bases across the country, which is good for the country.

What that means is that, the NAF personnel have where to comfortably work and add value to our efforts as the pride of the nation.”

He pledged to add “human face” in all efforts to upgrade the service including spending good resources to build the capacity of personnel.

Earlier, Commandant, AFIT, Air Vice Marshal Ishiaka Bukar said the topic for the lecture was selected to explore ways through which to overcome challenges in aircraft maintenance in the country.

Two hundred and forty-seven students comprising officers and men of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air force and civilians are expected to graduate from the institute on Friday.