NCPC calls on FG to invest in aviation

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja has called on the Federal Government to invest massively on the aviation sector.

Rev. Uja made this disclosure in his office in Abuja on Wednesday during a courtesy call by the Management team of Nigeria College of Aviation Technology Zaria, led by Capt. Jim Hassan.

“I will like the Federal Government to make a heavy investment in the Aviation industry, our competencies are high but our investments are very low”, he said.

He further stressed that Nigeria has all it takes to be great saying; “To this end, it is important when we are dealing with the world we should be able to surpass the world standard”.

The NCPC Boss emphasized that a nation that wants to maximize its infrastructure must make heavy investments in selected key sectors such as Aviation saying that the kind of investment the Federal Government has done in security and education sector should be extended to aviation which is also a critical sector.

The executive Secretary further assured his guests that the Commission would partner with the College in the area of training and capacity building relevant to the operational needs of the Commission expressing his displeasure over the unsatisfactory way the luggage management of pilgrims is handled saying that: “We think a deeper knowledge of how these things work will help us greatly”.

In his earlier remarks, leader of the team Capt. Jim Hassan, Manager training who stood in for the Rector and Chief Executive of the College, Capt. Abdulsalami Mohammed told the NCPC Boss that they were in the Commission to introduce their institution to him.

He described the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology Zaria as the foremost aviation training institution in Africa.

He explained that the college would want to partner with the Commission in the area of basic training needs for operational staff, considering the fact that the Commission handles quite a large number of pilgrims who travel regularly to Israel.

“Such basic training would cover Airline passenger service, Aviation Security, among others; we felt that this kind of service requires some basic training”, he said.