The late 1970s and 1980s saw a major expansion of the Nigerian navy’s surface fleet. Smaller combatants and patrol craft have also been extensively deployed against Boko Haram. Perhaps in recognition of its limitations, the Nigerian navy has sensibly concentrated its efforts on procuring a fleet of offshore and inshore patrol vessels, augmented by local construction to ensure an adequate patrol presence in the country’s EEZ and to protect its offshore oil installations. 1 However, its capabilities are not commensurate with its size as it is a force currently lacking modern surface combatants capable of any significant combat tasking. Nigeria’s navy is easily the largest in West Africa, with some 25,000 personnel and roughly 200 platforms. AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN AND UN.Memorandum of Association: Rules and Regulations.
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