Tag: NAMA

‘Nigeria’s skies at risk, as radar system nears total collapse’ – NAMA 

Aminu Imam
NAMA on Nigeria’s skies

The safety of Nigeria’s skies is hanging in the balance as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) warns that the nation’s total radar coverage system is nearing total collapse. During a briefing with the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development in Abuja, NAMA Managing Director, Farouk Ahmed Umar revealed that the aging infrastructure has become so obsolete that finding spare parts is nearly impossible.  According to him, this technological decay poses a direct threat to the agency’s ability to provide surveillance services, potentially leaving the country’s airspace without the monitoring…

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₦11,000 flight charge no longer feasible, says NAMA DG

Aminu Imam
NAMA DG

The Director-General of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA), Umar Farouk, has said that the ₦11,000 charged by airline operators in the country per flight is no longer feasible given the current economic realities. Farouk stated this in Abuja yesterday while addressing stakeholders at a summit organised for the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation. The summit dwelled on the theme: “Emerging trends in global aviation: sustainability, technology and digital transformation”. While noting that the charge had been in force since 2008, Farouk said, “In 2008, NAMA was collecting ₦11,000,…

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