The Nineth National Assembly will work towards turning Nigeria into a military power house in Africa.

According to Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, during an oversight visit of committee to the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), in Kaduna.

Benson said the visitation was to assess how far the tax payers money have been judiciously utilized by the commands, saying the committee was pleased with what it saw in the various institutions.

He said the National Assembly would push for the to release of funds appropriated to all defence institutions and formations to enable them execute new projects and complete ongoing ones.

Benson aknowledged the development being achieved in the institutions and pledged that more funds would be appropriated for effective training and retraining of military personnel.

Earlier, the Commandants, AFCSC, AVM Lawal Alao and NDA, Major-General, Jamil Sarham, and the Director General DICON, Major-General Victor Ezugwu told the committee that the money budgeted for them was judiciously used.

They urged the committee for more funds to complete ongoing projects, training, innovations and researches.

The committee inspected completed and the ongoing projects at the three military institutions.