Nigeria To Establish Aerospace University, Regulate Use Of Drones

The Nigerian government says plans are on to establish an aerospace university for the country.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika revealed this on Thursday, at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team.

The Minister used the opportunity to highlight the achievements of the aviation sector in the past six years under President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said when the university comes on board, it will boost activities as well as produce the needed manpower in the aviation sector.

Sirika said the current administration was taking the step to avoid a situation of the past, when ventures in the aviation sector did not withstand the test of time.

He further noted that the university would be world class and would collaborate with some famous institutions.

The Minister also said the government intended to introduce a policy that would regulate the use of drones in the country.

The Aviation Minister also announced that the country’s national carrier would come on board next year adding that the country would concession its airports based on provisions of the law and it would not fail.

The Minister assured Nigerians that all is being done to make air transportation more affordable for citizens, through an improvement of facilities and services.

He said all the achievements he enumerated were contained in a roadmap developed for the aviation sector, which had since been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.