Covenant University, a private institution, has
developed a software that can help to check the
menace of illegal possession of arms and its
proliferation in the country.
The software is known as the “Radio Frequency
Identification (RID) Enabled Ammunition Depot
Management System’’.
It was on display at an exhibition organised by the
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Research and Development
centre to showcase NAF’s efforts in equipment
maintenance and management, in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the
institution, Prof Aderemi Atayero, who presented the
product, said the software had a human tracking
capability and could be useful to security agencies in
the country.
Atayero said the software was developed at the
university in August and was the result of the
institution’s efforts in the area of research and
development.
According to him, the technology is already in use at
the university to track the movement of staff and other
key members of the university community.
In her remarks at the event, the Minister of
Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson,
reiterated the commitment of the present
administration to support innovations by the nation’s
armed forces.
Johnson said that the modernisation and re-
equipping of the armed forces were of top priority to
the present administration, hence its emphasis on
training and re-training of its personnel.
According to Johnson, the acquisition of new and
modern platforms for the armed forces and training
of its personnel to handle such platforms, clearly
explained government’s commitment to the armed
forces.
The minister said the effort to develop local capacity to
maintain some of the platform and equipment was a
welcomed development and should be emulated by
other agencies of government.
Earlier, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh,
said the exhibition was put together by the
reinvigorated NAF Research and Development Centre
to encourage its internal mechanism for repairs and
maintenance of its equipment and aircraft.
He said that the new approach was adopted to
address challenges associated with the rising cost of
aircraft maintenance.
According to Badeh, NAF cannot afford to be
dormant, it must strive to remain relevant even as the
cost of maintenance of its platforms and equipment
continue to increase.
Badeh called on other agencies of government and
research institutions to collaborate with NAF to
achieve its mandate in spite of the dwindling
resources allocated to it.
The six commands in the Nigeria Air Force and its
Kaduna-based Institute of Technology showcased
some of their research works at the event.
The Training Command, Tactical Air Command and
the Logistics Command took the first, second and
third positions respectively at the end of the exhibition
assessed by some experts.
The event was attended by the Supervising Minister of
Defence, Mr Labaran Maku, some legislators, service
chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police.
Other institutions that participated at the one-day
exhibition included, the University of Lagos, Federal
University of Technology, Minna and the Covenant
University, Ota.
The rest included, NigComSat and the Nigerian Air
Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).
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Source: www.informationng.com/2013/11/covenant-university-develops-software-to-check-illegal-arms-possession.html

Good, Very Good.

Software?
Is it not a scanner

Na wa oh

Lol. RFID? Eh ehn?

fr3do: Software?
Is it not a scanner

You will still a Program to decode RFID still;

a good application of rfid but 'junk' work for d high profiled school. thut it was something else

how does it work