Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier arrives Lagos

Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier and the newest flagship of the force will visit Nigeria today to begin a one week diplomatic visit to Lagos.
During the visit, the crew of the vessel will carry out humanitarian gestures treating persons with sight disability and conducting training with Nigerian Navy personnel.
The vessel an aircraft carrier will also conduct a take off and land display, which will see war planes take off from the vessel and return to land on the deck.

Sunnnewsonline also gathered that the Cavour 550 would be accompanied by frigate, “Bergamin”, logistic support vessel, “Etna” and open-sea patrol vessel “Borsini”.
It said that the commander of the group and the commanding officers of the vessels would pay a courtesy visit to the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) the Western Naval Command.
The embassy said that they would also make a courtesy call on Oba Rilwanu Akiolu 1 of Lagos.
According to the embassy, the opening ceremony on board the ship would be attended by the Italian  Ambassador to Nigeria, the  Italian consul-general in Nigeria, the FOC and other dignitaries.
It said that the group, in collaboration with the Francesca Rava Foundation, would on Saturday distribute humanitarian aids to people with sight problem.
It added that Archbishop Alfred Adewale -Martins of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos would celebrate a mass on board the ship on Sunday.
It said that there would be an interactive session in the ship to be attended by representatives of Lagos State and federal governments, ltalian entrepreneurs and 40 naval officers.
It added that there would be an art exhibition on the Italian Language and culture.
The embassy also said that there would be a demonstration by the ship, with senior military officers and other guests on board.
The Cavour has 13 officers, 67 non-commissioned officers, 44 military men and 38 others on board.