Aviation Dev: FAAN Gives Score Card …Says Air Safety Has Improved

The Federal Airport Au
thority of Nigeria (FAAN) has recounted various successes and achievements it has recorded so far in the development of the aviation industry in recent time.
The authority has also harped on the current seamless policies and programmes of the Buhari-led administration designed to ensure a quantum leap in the industry.
A statement from FAAN’s Corporate Affairs Department, made available to The Tide at the Port Harcourt Airport, Tuesday, stated that security and safety which are pivotal to aviation business all over the world, have significantly improved in the country.
It also explained that the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, has recently initiated massive manpower training programme for personnel of the authority.
All these efforts, according to the release, have already started yielding positive result, particularly as Nigeria passed its last International Audit, and the Universal Safety Sversight Audit, in good grades, where it scored up to 96 per cent.
According to the statement, Nigeria has also made tremendous progress in engendering enduring, sustainable framework for growth, and that the future of aviation lies in partnership that will sustain this key sector through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mechanism.
Some of the on-going projects that are critical, the statement said, include the construction of an ultra-modern five-storey car-park at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the new terminals that are nearing completion in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu airports.
The authority has also marked some airports in the country as Cargo airports to focus on delivering perishable agro-produces in good time to the international market.