Aviation Stakeholders Committed to Delivering High-Quality Meteorological Services

Aviation stakeholders at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, have stated their commitment to delivering high-quality meteorological services that meet the specific needs of the sector.

The stakeholders made this known at the conclusion of a Quality Management System (QMS) in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike represented by a Special Assistant, Mr. Asaniyan Taiwo, assured stakeholders of the ongoing modernization of NiMet infrastructure and investment in state-of-the-art equipment and technology to improve weather observation, forecasting, and dissemination capabilities.

He also highlighted the ongoing capacity building of staff through training and retraining.

“For effective and improved service delivery, MOUs have been signed with local and international partners to deliver more resilient and customer-centric NiMet products and services for a sustainable aviation sector and safety of air navigation in Nigeria”, Prof. Anosike concluded.

Also, the Head of Quality Management System (QMS) at NiMet, Usman Abdulrahman, highlighted that discussions at the meeting as focused on; The need for airline pilots to attend briefing in the flight crew briefing rooms (FCBR) to plan their flights, training of airlines dispatch officers on basic meteorology course to improve and strengthen their roles in flight planning and dispatch, introduction of robust weather application to improve access to weather information and retrieval of aviation products and services, and finally the need to procure the aviation terminal information system (ATIS) to reduce the workload of the air traffic control (ATC).

The meeting which was held at the Hajj Centre, Domestic Airport Private Wing of the airport drew participants from the following agencies; Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airforce (NAF) and Green Africa Airlines.