Air commodore O.A. Adesanya
The authority in the aviation
industry has been called upon to ensure adequately the safety measures which is
critical success factor in the sector; now that terrorism is everywhere, and as
well to compliment the reformation agenda of the present administration on the
air transport sector of Nigeria economy.
The commander Air force
Detachment Ibadan Air commodore O.A. Adesanya who was a special guest at the
NISER RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES(NRSS) tittled “priority Areas for Air Transport
Infrastructure Development In Nigeria” made the comments at the seminar in
Ibadan.
audience cutaway shot
He urged the aviation authority
to install in every strategic area of the country’s airports the close circuit
TV cameras for crime tracking and the parameters fencing of all the airports with
provision of search and rescue personnel
together with real equipment is among what they need in the aviation industry.
Prof . Samson O. Fadare
Overview the seminar topic the
chairman Prof . Samson O. Fadore of department of Urban and regional planning
Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U) ile-ife Osun state commended the federal government on
the public Private partnership initiative and enjoin government to reposition
it to Public Private Professional partnership in order to give room for
standard operational efficiency.
Prof. Fadare however laud the
passing into law of the civil Aviation Act 2006 which empowers the the
Nigerian Civil Aviation safety without
political inference and carry out oversight functions of airports, airspace and
meteorological services advised the authority to always put policy trust and
make the management to be autonomous.
Dr. Adebukola .Y.Daramola
In her presentation tittled ”Priority
Areas for Air Transport infrastructure Development in Nigeria” Dr. Adebukola Y.
Daramola from Economic Policy Research
Department (EPRD)-NISER who comments on safety, airline operations and related
challenges enumerated that the single owner “stand alone ” syndrome which
already permeats the provision of airline services is a phenomenon that contrary
to current global trends and call for mergers of the smaller carriers to be
able to compete on lucrative international routes.
Foreign routes offer opportunities
for foreign exchange earnings while domestic carriers can only be confined to
domestic routes, they cannot be as viable as the foreign carriers she added. “Airline
viability is closely related to airline safety performance.”
Dr. Adesanya observed that since
colossal amount of capital regularly invested on Nigeria’s air transport
infrastructure; most of these components need capital infusion.
She suggested that priorities
must be given in the face of scarce resources. She calls for comprehensive
strategy to cover other ATI, the enforcement of SARPS which will guarantee the
regular delivery of user benefits, safety, travel time savings and wider spill
over effects which she said most important.
Prof.Olufemi Taiwo , DG NISER
Earlier in his opening address
Prof. Oluwafemi Isreal Taiwo Director
General NISER and chief host commended the federal government regular support
for the NRSS Seminar and call for collaboration from other institutions that
can think with them for the nation’s economic reallance.
Prof. Taiwo noted that aviation
sector has witnessed tremendous
improvement in the last two decades. He advised the airliners to strive for new
aircrafts to replace the aged fleets
Prof.Taiwo urge the government to wooed the private investors to be able to engage in landside services provision
and maintenance, including Hangers and terminar constructions.
FRM L-R commodore Adesanya, Prof Fadare, Dr Adebukola Daramola and Prof F.O.N Roberts
stoty by Gandhi and Adeoye Michael
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