Nigeria’s new Transport Minister, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday said the Federal Government was expecting more revenue inflows from its various parastatals in the aviation industry given its massive investments in acquisition and deployment of state-of-the-art technologies in the industry.

Amaechi, who undertook a tour of the agencies based in Lagos Tuesday, commended the CEOs and managements of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) for staying steadfast and committed to the cause of boosting the infrastructure in the industry with allocations granted by the government and those generated internally.

He specifically commended the agencies for the installation of safety critical equipment in every airport across the country. The Minister said matched with the level of revenue or incomes, the state of infrastructure in the aviation industry was better than that of some of its counterparts in the maritime sector.

“With what I have seen here today, it shows that Nigerian aviation industry can be compared to any developed ones anywhere in the world.”

Amaechi said, “the government should be commended for what it has done recently. What we saw in NIMASA was nothing to write home about when you compare the money they earn and the facilities you see on ground,” he added.

Credit: Sun