THE FEC Approves 20 Billion Naira For Surveillance Of Aircraft Operating On Nigeria Airspace
On Thursday, October 3rd, 2021, the Federal
Executive Council (FEC) approved 20 Billion Naira as the cost of the radar
coverage project of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
The total radar
coverage project is an initiative towards enhancing civil and military
surveillance of aircraft operating in the Nigerian airspace. The approval was
given at the weekly meeting presided over by vice president Osinbajo on
Wednesday, November 3rd.
The Nigerian Minister
of Avaition Hadi Sirika confirmed this. He also said that the contract was part
of the three momos brought for the consideration of the FEC on behalf of the
ministry.
Hadi Sirika said –
“Today, the council received three memoranda from aviation, and
they were all approved consequently.
“Memo number one is for approval
for a contract for the supply and installation of baggage handling system at
the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, and the total
contract sum is N3,615,265,710.69, inclusive of the 7.5% VAT, with the
completion period of 12 months.
“The contractor is Messrs. Gulf of
Africa International Limited, who are exclusive representatives of the original
equipment manufacturer. The OEM is Messrs. UVS Systems Company, a company that
is located in Istanbul, Turkey. The funding was found and appropriated, and the
Council consequently approved.
“The second memo from us in
Aviation is approval for the award of contract for the manufacture, supply,
installation, and operating training of disabled aircraft recovery system at
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
“This system is to be applied if
there is an aircraft that is occupying the runway or any area of operations
that we have, so the special equipment will be used to remove that aircraft
from that place and free it for our operations. Contract sum is
N2,209,593,428.08, inclusive of 7.5% VAT.
“This was issued to Messrs.
Globsley Project Limited. The OEM representatives are Messrs. AMS Aircraft
Recovery Limited.
“The third memo is approval for the
award of contract for direct procurement, installation, and commissioning of
the total radar coverage modernization for the Nigeria Airspace Management
Agency, and this contract is in two parts and the total is 40 million euros,
which is equivalent to N20,039,080,799.40.
“The
contractors are Messrs. Talas, who had been on the project and supported by
Intelligent Transportation Systems Limited and Messrs. Softnet Systems Nigeria
Limited, and the OEMs are Messrs. Talas Systems of France and Messrs. HM Global
of Germany.”
