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Supplement to Official Gazette

The following Bill, which will in due course be presented to Parliament for enactment, i~ published for general information. DEFENCE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION OF NIGERIA BILL EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill seeks to establish ordnance factories to meet the defence requirements of Nigeria, and if approved a factory may be expected to go into production towards the end of this year. In order to regulate the organisation and administration of the factories, this Bill seeks to establish a Defence Industries Corporation under the overall control of the Minister of Defence ; and it provides for the co…