Yemisi Izuora
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has commenced a all-inclusive study of airport facilities with special focus on safety standards, technical capacity, funding, maintenance of equipment, gaps.
The exercise aims at standardising and harmonising airport and aviation infrastructure among member nations of the region,
Also the objective of the initiative is to benchmark aviation infrastructure within the region in line with ICAO standards which each member state will be required to attain.
Receiving the ECOWAS technical team in Lagos, the Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Authority (NAMA), Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam commended ECOWAS for the initiative and expressed confidence that the report of the study would provide ways to build a uniform aviation structure across the region.
Engr. Abdulsalam also advised the team to “make a good distinction between Airport and Airspace infrastructure in the course of the study.” Meanwhile, the ECOWAS technical team has said that Nigeria’s radar infrastructure ranks among the best within the region.