We’ll continue to deliver quality meteorological services – NiMet DG
The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Charles Anosike, has assured Aviation stakeholders at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja of NiMet’s commitment to delivering high-quality meteorological services that meet the specific needs of the sector.
He gave the assurance as the Aviation stakeholders concluded their Quality Management System (QMS) meeting in Abuja held on Monday, 21st October 2024, at the Hajj Centre, Domestic Airport Private Wing of the airport.
Prof. Anosike who was represented by his Special Assistant, Mr. Asaniyan Taiwo, spoke about the ongoing modernization of NiMet infrastructure and investment in state-of-the-art equipment and technology to improve weather observation, forecasting, and dissemination capabilities
He also highlighted the ongoing capacity building of staff through training and retraining.
“For effective and improved service delivery, MOUs have been signed with local and international partners to deliver more resilient and customer-centric NiMet products and services for a sustainable aviation sector and safety of air navigation in Nigeria,” he said.
Also the Head of Quality Management System (QMS) at NiMet, Usman Abdulrahman called on the need for airline pilots to attend briefing in the flight crew briefing rooms (FCBR) to plan their flights, training of airlines dispatch officers on basic meteorology course to improve and strengthen their roles in flight planning and dispatch, introduction of robust weather application to improve access to weather information and retrieval of aviation products and services.
He also harped on the need to procure the aviation terminal information system (ATIS) to reduce the workload of the air traffic control (ATC).
