The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made this promise at the commissioning ceremony of the facility at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua International Airport in Katsina.
He said that the government is also addressing the issue of instrument landing system and other navigational aids at the various airports as part of efforts to improve safety.
He re-affirmed the government’s resolve to pursue its policy of safety at all times through regular maintenance of airports and all facilities that will aid smooth air operations.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, explained the reason for the installation of the wind-shear alert system in the Katsina airport.
Wind-shear, according to NIMET, was first identified in Nigeria in June 1956 when an aircraft taking off from Kano encountered it and crashed with 32 fatalities.
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