Nigeria requires N1.5 trillion to fix its airports to enable night operations by domestic airlines, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said.
This was revealed by the NCAA Director General Captain Musa
Nuhu on Tuesday on the side-line of the just-concluded 26th Annual Conference
of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents in Lagos.
He said the African Development Bank (AfDB) had projected in
2019 that Nigeria would require more than N1.5 trillion to fix the airport
infrastructure gap.
Mr. Nuhu said poor infrastructure also contributed to the
challenges faced in night flight operations in Nigeria’s airports.
He said any airport planning to operate beyond dusk required
large financial outlay and compliance with important conditions for safe
landing and take-off of aircraft.
Captain Nuhu said, “All manners of security risks including
kidnapping, robbery and others are evolving rapidly in many parts of the
country.
“The evolving security challenges make night operations
dangerous because many airports, by reason of construction and operational
requirements, are located mostly on the outskirts of towns.
“The risks are enormous and seriously impacting airports’
operations, airport workers and passengers and crew even in daytime.
“Available data show that the levels of passenger and
traffic activities are not financially viable or self-sustaining to operate a
majority of the airports beyond sunset,’’ Nuhu said.
The NCAA boss said the high risk of accidents during night
operations at airports due to inadequate power supply from primary and
secondary sources was daunting.
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