Major general Babatunde Ayala, has assumed duty as the new director-general of Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria Kaduna as major general Anaedi Edet bows out of Dicon in grand style. Maj-Gen Babatunde Ayala has been appointed as the new DG defense industry cooperation of Nigeria +DICON). Prior to his appointment, the new director-general was the commander of the Command Engineering Depot, Nigeria Army.

 Maj-Gen Ayala took over from Maj-Gen Anaedi Edet, who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre, Abuja. Ayala thanked President Bola Tinubu, the Defence Minister, the Defence Chief and the chief of army staff for the appointment.He congratulated Mr. Edet on all his successes, especially the kick-start of the production of ammunition and other activities in the various departments of DICON. Ayala assured that he would continue from where his predecessor stopped and always seek the support of the entire staff to meet the demands of the military and other security agencies.

While Major general Edet, in his farewell speech, appealed to staff of DICon to give the new director-general maximum support. He commended president Tinubu for signing the DICON’s Act 2023 into law.He added that since his assumption into office in July 2023, within 21 months he transformed DICON’s production capabilities by overseeing the manufacture of critical Defence equipment. Major general Babatunde Ayala, a member of the 43 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy assured Nigerians of his readiness to transform DICON.