In a bid
to boost the generation of income in Nigeria’s aviation sector, the
Federal Government on Thursday declared that it will implement its
Aviation Revenue Automation Project to the letter.
It said
the project, which is aimed at automating all aviation related
activities across airports in the country, would not only boost its
revenue but would enhance the productivity of airports’ personnel and
improve passenger service.
The
Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, disclosed that there was no going
back on the project, adding that any chief executive or director-general
of any agency under the ministry who fails to comply with the
implementation of the project “within 60 days will be seriously
sanctioned.”
Chidoka,
had late last year complained that Nigeria’s aviation sector was
associated with very low productivity, stressing that the industry only
contributed as little as 0.4 per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic
Product.
He had
attributed this to low level of technology that was associated with the
sector, a development that led to “very low productivity and very poor
return on investment.”
Explaining
the significance of the project, Chidoka, in a statement from the
ministry, said ARAP was aimed at automating all aviation related
activities in all the airports in Nigeria to provide revenue assurance
for the industry.
He stated that the project was
“intended to increase the efficiency of Nigerians and workers in the
aviation industry, and also enable the agencies in the aviation sector
deliver higher quality services to Nigerians and to make for increased
revenue generation as well as create credible data source for the
aviation industry.”According to the minister, ARAP was structured and empowered to bring to reality the vision and mission of the aviation industry.
He said,
“This vision and mission is to make the industry a world class provider
of safe, secured and comfortable transport that is self-sustaining and
pivotal to social economic growth, and to transform the sector into an
efficient, profitable and preferred mode of transportation.”
Chidoka further admonished all
stakeholders in the aviation sector to embrace the project and be on the
same page with him so as to take the industry to the level of meeting
with international best practices.The minister, according to the statement, consequently constituted an inter-agency management committee to see to the challenges, harmonisation, implementation and success of the Aviation Revenue Automation project.
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