The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has congratulated the Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Mansur Bako Matazu, on his appointment into the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Professor Matazu, who is also the Permanent Representative of Nigeria with the Meteorology regulatory body, was elected at the seventy-third session […]
Besides human error, the weather has been identified as major cause of air accidents. The writer notes that recent weather-related incidents in flight operations call for another review of agencies and airlines collaboration on flight safety Recently there was a virile video where passengers who disembarked from one of United Nigeria Airlines flight knelt down […]
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, has stressed the need for more funding of the aviation agencies to enable them cope with the increase in demands for air travel. Nnaji made this known in Abuja, during an interaction between the committee and the heads of agencies led by the Permanent […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Professor Sani Mashi and replaced him with Professor Bako Mansur. The President also reappointed the Commissioner and CEO of Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIN-N), Akin Olateru who ended his first tenure in December 2020 and appointed Captain Modibbo Alkali Mahmud as the […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has assured that the planned amendment bill on the Act establishing the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) would enhance increase in the agency’s revenue base. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji gave the assurance during the committee’s oversight visit to the agency’s headquarters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
