Remember Union Dicon Salt , it was either Dicon or Nothing before the Dangote’s came on board.

Yea, that was in every 🇳🇬kitchen & I bet majority of us never knew it was a product of Defense Industries Corpration of Nigeria ( a Nigerian Army Company) .
Well they are still very much in existence.
At the moment ,the Coy is Headed by Maj. Gen. Victor Ezugwu.

His leadership has also positions the Army owned institutn to edge with other competitors as they can boast of having the best hands in the manufacturing of quality products.
Maj. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, has mobilized its management and staff to research, develop, produce, clinically test and produce several COVID-19 essential and lifesaving equipment.
First is the production of over 1500 dozens of DICSanz, a high-quality hand sanitizer produced under very strict environmental conditions for supply to troops of the Nigerian Army.
DICON has yielded to the clarion call to support the indigenous capacity to support Medical workers by producing thousands of high-quality non-permeable Personal Protective Equipment kit. Each unit of these kits consists of standardized gowns, face shields and nose masks.
Their customers are various state govts & and other national stakeholders.

To Nigeria’s advantage they have also gone ahead to Produce DICOVENT.
Our own 🇳🇬home made ventilator : is a newly designed low-cost machine is a simple mechanical ventilator that can deliver positive pressured ventilation using a volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) system
Maj Gen Ezugwu under whose direction & exceptional leadership has made a lot of progress more in this fight against the Corona Virus.

Definitely one of the many unsung officers in our Nation’s military.

Kudos to him & his team.
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