Pakistan provides ‘guarantee’ for Nigerian JF-17 contract

As reported in Vayu Issue VI/2018, the Government of Pakistan has approved a $183 million sovereign guarantee for the sale of three JF-17 Thunder fighters to Nigeria. The guarantee was approved by the Pakistani Economic Coordination Committee and is the first official confirmation of the contract with Nigeria from the Pakistani

side. Nigeria has made several payments towards the acquisition of three JF-17s, with $47 million approved in the 2018 budget, after earlier allocations of $33 million and $25 million. It is assumed that Nigeria will order more than three aircraft to replace or supplement its F-7Ni fleet, a third of which have been lost in accidents. Nigeria has also bought Super Mushshak trainers from Pakistan’s PAC.