By Fatima Saka
The Federal Government has given approvals worth N45.3 billion to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) for the upgrade of its facilities nationwide.
There are strong indications that the agency may increase its charges to its clients; airlines and helicopter companies very soon, but said this would only happen after the completion of the various upgrades nationwide.
The Acting Managing Director, of NAMA, Mr. Lawrence Pwajok revealed this to journalists in Lagos over the weekend in an interaction.
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According to Pwajok, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) gave approval of N13 billion for the safe tower project.
He said this is for the upgrade of safe tower systems for Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt, stressing that the project included Air Traffic Management Systems (ATMS), communication systems, surveillance components, and aero metrological components to provide real-time weather to the ATC in the four international airports.
He declared that the project was all-inclusive, covering the entire requirements for the provision of airdrome and ground control at the four international airports.
According to him, the project was ongoing with the installation of upgrades of hardware and software at the Lagos Airport. At the same time, the team would move to Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt for the continuation of the projects in the next few months.
The other major project he mentioned was the upgrade of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON), which he said is worth N23 billion for software and hardware upgrade, training, and provision of a maintenance agreement for nine radars covering the entire country.
