By Chinelo Obogo
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that the project for the development of aeronautical meteorological services for the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) region programme is progressing well in Nigeria.
The Director General of NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo made this known in his keynote address during the sixth meeting of the steering Committee of the Project for the Development of Aeronautical Meteorological Services for the AFI Region (CODEVMET-AFI) held in Abuja this week.
Najomo, who was represented by the Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards, Godwin Balang, said the CODEVMET AFI was designed to address longtime critical air navigation deficiencies in the MET field in AFI member states. He said the programme focuses on enhancing the capabilities of State CAAs in carrying out safety oversight in the MET field and establishing a mechanism aimed at enabling MET services providers to comply with ICAO’s aviation safety standards related to MET.
He said: “Nigeria is one of the nine African countries that initiated the CODEVMET project following a call made to ICAO to assess the level of implementation of meteorological infrastructure and services in their regions. The recommendations resulting from this assessment led to the establishment of a structured mechanism to assist States in addressing deficiencies in air navigation in the MET domain through the CODEVMET Project, which Nigeria joined in February 2017.
“The CODEVMET project seeks to enable AEROMET service providers in member states to achieve compliance with international safety standards related to the provision of timely, reliable and accurate meteorological information to aviation users in an efficient manner, as well as to enhance the capability of member state regulatory authorities in carrying out safety oversight of aeronautical meteorological services through the adoption of a comprehensive system approach.
“Nigeria is happy to note that so far, the project is progressing well, targeting the key objectives including the support for the alignment of national MET legislation with ICAO SARPs, the enhancement of capacity of states to ensure compliance with aviation meteorological requirements, the support to States in the implementation of MET QMS in support of SMS and the support to states in the implementation of the ASBU elements of the AMET.”
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