[ 2015-04-28 ]

Ghana falls on Nigeria to manage airspace
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)
will be co-managing the Accra airspace with the
Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

This included Togo and Benin as against (Agency
for Arial Navigation Safety in Africa and
Madagascar’s (ASECNA’s) plan to sectorize the
airspace.

This was disclosed by the visiting top-level
technical team of the GCAA led by its Director
General, Abdulahi Alhassan, at the NAMA
headquarters complex in Lagos after a facility
tour of some of the agency’s installations at
the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in
Lagos including the Total Radar Coverage of
Nigeria (TRACON) site and Control Tower.

The team also expressed delight in the capacity
and performance of the TRACON equipment in
guaranteeing safety of air navigation in Nigeria.

“We are highly impressed with what we have seen
here, both in terms of technical infrastructure
and human capacity to effectively man these
facilities and guarantee safety of air travel in
the country,” Alhassan said.

He said ASECNA had not followed due process in its
bid to sectorize the Accra airspace.

“It is our belief that ASECNA has not followed
due process in its bid to sectorize the Accra
airspace. It is a matter that the three bodies
(ASECNA, GCAA and NAMA) should discuss on a round
table because of its regional safety and security
implications and the position of Ghana is that we
co-manage the airspace rather than sectorize
it,” added Alhassan.

Managing Director of NAMA, Engineer Ibrahim
Abdulsalam, maintained his outfit was disposed to
a peaceful and amicable resolution of aviation
issues.

“We are committed to co-operating with both
Ghana and ASECNA in our determination to ensure
safety of the African sky,” Abdulsalam said.

Source - Starrfmonline

... go Back