AVSEC expert seeks innovative upgrade of Nigerian international airports

The Chief Executive Officer of Eden and Mcwhit Aviation Security, Dr. Naima Fraser, has advised the Federal Government to upgrade Nigerian airports in order to be compliant with the ICAO and IATA regulations for aviation security.

This, according to her, was necessary for view of increasing global terrorism and to achieve a global airport security status.

The aviation security expert, in a statement, commended the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, and President Muhammudu Buhari, for their prompt attention to the aviation security situation at the airports in the country.

Dr. Fraser said, “The Federal Government and Ministry of Aviation should be innovative in evolving financial solutions to achieve a first-class aviation security status for all international airports in the country without expending scarce resources during this recession. Nigeria should learn to use what we have to get what we need.

“Airport concessioning has its advantages, but aviation security projects all over the world using the latest digital technology are regularly updated and cannot be borne by government funding alone. Therefore, when our airports are concessioned, the aviation security aspect was not included and was worked out on a BMT (Build, Manage &Train basis) because aviation security is the responsibility of the government with a technical partner/investor.”