The British High Commission has undertaken an assessment of some airports in Nigeria with the aim of determining areas of possible assistance to the Federal Government.
The Head of Aviation Security at the British High Commission, Jankie Milies, who led a delegation to the office of the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this during a meeting with the minister.
A statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations at the aviation ministry, Mr. James Odaudu, stated that the assessment of the airports was conducted with assistance from relevant agencies.
Odaudu was, however, silent on the agencies that rendered the assistance.
Millies, according to the statement, told the aviation minister that her team discovered some challenges in cargo handling at airports after the assessment.
She said the team had one more round of assessment to do before turning in their full report that would culminate in further discussions.
Milies also told the minister of the readiness of the commission to arrange an assessment tour of the ministry’s officials to some airports in the United Kingdom to help in the development of aviation security in Nigeria.
The statement, however, quoted the minister of having said the ministry was also working towards improving security at the nation’s airports.
Sirika said the Federal Government would soon put in place security equipment at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to enable some airlines to operate without hampering the ongoing remodeling exercise at the facility.
This, he said, was aimed at decongesting traffic at the international terminal and making surveillance easier.
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