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The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Director, Air Traffic Services,Tayo John says the country needs a brand new radar system even as he disclosed that government has started the modernisation of the system but affirmed that the best solution is to acquire new radar for the country.
The ATS Director stated this during a brief visit to the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) site at the international wing of the Aminu Kano Airport where he interacted with Air Traffic Controllers on duty on Tuesday.
John disclosed that in order to maintain efficiency and safety of flight positions across Nigeria, the country’s airspace is well structured and backed up with adequate redundancy systems that will be operational in the event of a system failure.
He explained that the country’s radar is lacking behind the current edition used in most parts of the world adding that the producer of the equipment, Thales of France has done two augmentations while the one used by Nigeria remains the same.
At the Rescue Coordination Centre at the TRACON, Tayo said the NAMA is able to efficiently and adequately monitor and coordinate rescue operations from its major two centres in Kano, Lagos and other centres in Abuja and other locations.
The ATS Director commended the staff under his directorate affirming that they work round the clock and sometimes at personal risks to their lives in order to ensure safety of flights operations and passengers in the country just as he urged them not to rest on their oars.
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