Experts Call for Improvements in Air Transport
Professionals in the Air transport have called on the government and other stakeholders to harness mental and material resources towards the improvements in the air transport in Nigeria.
Dr. Adebukola Daramola of the Economic Policy Research Department (EPRD) of Nigeria Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) gave this urge during the monthly April lecture series of the institute in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
In her presentation, titled “Priority Areas for Air Transport Infstrastructure Development in Nigeria” Daramola called for improvement of the sector through improved security measures such as surveillance in all airports and perimeter fencing to avoid gracing on the runways which may lead to accidents.
She noted that there have been many efforts of the present administration in transforming the sector such as re-modelling of airports in the country as she called for more efforts in improving the lost glory of the stakeholders through safety of both the passengers and the crew.
Daramola further noted that all stakeholders in the sector should find ways of reducing accidents in the sector declaring that air transport has over the years identified as the safest mode of transport in long distance.
She said that in order to reduce accidents in the sector, all efforts must be put in place in place to reduce errors and mistakes ranging from crew members, maintenance and other concerned individuals.
Speaking further, Daramola noted that one of the major challenge in the sector is the lack of enough prerequisite knowledge by the personnel due to low capital among the operators in the sector.
She identified some of the panacea for success of the sector to include improvement in the maintenance of the aircrafts, improved capital base, perimeter fencing of airports, abolition of gracing in all runways, mounting of CCTV in all airports and putting necessary measures to improve the safety of both the passengers and the crew.
