“We Can’t Keep Waiting for Foreign Guns” Deputy Speaker Kalu Demands Major Boom in Local Arms Production, Direct Hit on Terror Budgets

Nigeria can no longer rely on foreign countries to supply the weapons needed to fight its internal security battles. That is the urgent warning from the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, who is calling for an immediate shift toward independent, homegrown arms manufacturing and a total financial shutdown of criminal syndicates.

Speaking at a major defense and strategic conference in Abuja, Kalu explained that the global landscape has completely changed. With massive wars raging in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, international arms markets are completely overwhelmed. Major global superpowers are aggressively hoarding military hardware and filling their own backlogged orders, meaning that even when Nigeria pays for vital security equipment upfront, the country is left waiting indefinitely for delivery.

According to the lawmaker, the only real solution to this crisis is for Nigeria to build what it needs. He pushed for heavy government funding and public support for local innovations through the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), pointing out that a self-reliant defense industry is the only way to keep front-line troops fully equipped without begging foreign nations for help.

However, Kalu made it clear that defeating sophisticated criminal networks requires more than just outgunning them on the battlefield. He insisted that the government must launch a coordinated attack on the hidden financial systems that keep banditry and terrorism highly profitable.

“A criminal network cannot survive without a steady flow of cash,” legislative insiders noted regarding the security strategy. “If you block the money they use to buy food, fuel, and illegal weapons, the entire network collapses from the inside out.”

To make this financial blockade work, the Deputy Speaker called on the National Assembly and digital agencies to fast-track a comprehensive, airtight national database. By linking identity records with financial tracking systems, security operatives will finally have the tools to spot unusual cash movements and cut off terror financiers before their money ever reaches the creeks or forests.

As lawmakers continue to push for massive security sector overhauls, Kalu’s message serves as a reminder that true national safety cannot be imported. For everyday citizens wishing for an end to violent crime, this dual strategy of manufacturing local weapons while starving criminals of their cash marks a smarter, more self-reliant approach to reclaiming the country’s peace.