FG list achievement in the aviation from May to May

Sen. Hadi Sirika at the Stakeholders' Forum in Abuja

The Federal Government of Nigeria announced what has been done so far to further improve activities in the country’s aviation sector from May 2015 to May 2016. The Minister of State Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika while addressing aviation stakeholders at the one-day Stakeholders’ Forum recently held in Abuja put forward the list of achievement. A comprehensive list is as follows:

1. ICAO Security audit of Nigeria (passed with a mark of 96%)

2. Nigeria has passed ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit of Nigeria.

3. Bringing Services closer to users by way of establishing and empowering

regional offices of NCAA.

4. Publication of PBN Charts for all the airports in Nigeria

5. Successful implementation of direct routing within the Nigerian airspace for

shorter distances, fuel efficiency and reduced carbon emission

6. Automation of Tower Operation at MAKIA Kano}

7. Provision of bomb containment vessel @ MAKIA & PH.C.

8. Installation of Solar Air Field Lighting at 10 airports- Akure, PortHarcourt,

Sokoto, Yola, Kaduna, Minna, Enugu, Maiduguri, Jos, and Ibadan

9. Rehabilitation and Furnishing of the Emergency Operating Center - Abuja

& Lagos airports

10. Rehabilitation and Furnishing of the Airport Rescue and Fire

Fighting Services bay at MMA and Domestic Terminal 1 Lagos.

11. NiMet successfully went through the Quality Management

Systems (QMS) Audit and retained its ISO 9001:2008 certification

for the Aeronautical Meteorological Services provided to airlines.

12. Completed the first cycle of annual Competency Assessment

Test of all aeronautical forecasters and weather observers at four

international airports as prescribed by ICAO.

13. NiMet successfully presented the 2016 Seasonal Rainfall

Prediction (SRP) focusing on the theme: The Impacts of Weather

Variability and Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure and

Agriculture in Nigeria”.

14. Achieved designation as ICAO Regional Training Center of

Excellence,

15. Two Global Awards with the highest number of Instructors

with ICAO Training Instructors Course (TIC) Certificate

16. The Highest number of ICAO courses run by any ATO