According to a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES by the minister’s spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, on Monday, the executive orders are contained in the presidential directives of May 1, 2017, and February 12, 2018, respectively.
Executive Order 005 which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR, on February 12, 2018, is even more specifically directed at the sector. “In light of this, it is our obligation to entrench the rule of law and ensure as much as possible, National Security Infrastructure and information is domiciled locally with local companies as a first choice and indigenous innovation is developed by adhering to the tenets of the Executive Orders outlined above,” the statement said.
“Provide an enabling environment for local capacity to develop through collaborations with foreign companies, in the event that the contract is awarded to a foreign company, where indigenous capacity is lacking,”