To enhance the safety and security of Nigeria’s airspace, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is upgrading its surveillance infrastructure at airports and remote installations nationwide.
President Bola Tinubu has approved a visit to Spain for key NAMA staff to inspect facilities and engage with technology solution providers to address security challenges and enhance the agency’s surveillance systems.
NAMA’s Managing Director, Mr. Ahmed Farouk, announced this during a visit from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) delegation at NAMA’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to a statement by the spokesman, NAMA, Alhaji Abdullahi Musa, Mr. Farouk emphasized the crucial partnership between NAMA and the NAF in ensuring airspace safety and security in Nigeria.
Air Vice Marshal Abubakar Abdulkadir, leader of the NAF delegation, stated that the Air Force had recently enhanced its air defense capabilities with new platforms stationed at the Air Defense Group in Makurdi.
He noted that the NAF had completed day training and was nearing completion of night training, which would enable rapid response and interception of intruders in Nigerian airspace.
AVM Abdulkadir highlighted NAF’s improved capabilities to monitor and identify all aircraft entering and exiting Nigerian airspace.
He stressed that enhanced collaboration between NAMA and the NAF would sustain the current security and safety levels in the nation’s airspace.
Describing NAMA and NAF as “twin children of the same mother,” AVM Abdulkadir explained that NAF’s responsibility for airspace security complements NAMA’s role in airspace management.
Joint training initiatives to address the shortage of Air Traffic Controllers were discussed.
The Nigerian Air Force training center in Kaduna, recently accredited by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), will train at least 20 NAMA staff annually.
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