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July 1, 2019
The Nigerian AirspaceManagement Agency NAMA has assured airlines and other airspace users that thenation’s airspace is safe for seamless and economic air navigation.
General Manager,Public Relations, NAMA, Khalid Emele, in a statement said the Managing Directorof the agency, Captain Fola Akinkuotu, gave the assurance while receiving theChief Operating Officer of Ibom Air, George Uriesi, in Lagos.
Akinkuotu explainedthat the agency had taken drastic steps to tackle communication challengesespecially in the upper airspace in the past couple of years, noting thatsignificant progress has being made in that direction.
He said this had seento the upgrading of communication infrastructure in phases.
According to him,radio communication in the ground control, covering 65 nautical miles at the 32air traffic control units in Nigerian airports is perfect.
He added that thesecond phase which is the tower control, also covering 65 nautical miles andcritical for landing and takeoff, is perfectly working in all the 32 airportsin the country.