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Lagos – The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in order to effective synergy and collaborative cross-border search and rescue.
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, Director General of NAMA, confirmed this development in a press release issued Sunday in Lagos.
Akinkuotu said the memorandum of understanding was recently signed at the NAMA headquarters in Lagos with a high-level team of GCAA officials.
He stated that the Memorandum of Understanding would help solve the problems badociated with the fluidity of air traffic between adjacent flight information regions (FIRs).
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According to him, it stipulates guidelines and procedures for collaboration on information sharing on aircraft and weather / terrain, the deployment of personnel as well as search and rescue equipment in case of accident. 39, incident or accident.
He added that NAMA had also signed letters of agreement with the visiting Ghanaian team specifying procedures for the tactical separation of aircraft between Lagos and Accra.
Akinkuotu said: "The letters of agreement specify how air traffic controllers can exchange or manage the movement of aircraft between the two centers in terms of radio frequencies.
"It also deals with the point of transfer of aircraft, as well as the limits and the altitude for the transfer of aircraft across the common borders."
He added that the letters of agreement also contained the emergency management procedures, the transfer of aircraft using technical systems such as pilot controller data link (CPDLC) and the contract Automatic Dependent Surveillance System (ADSC).
"The agreement also deals with the standard spacing between aircraft in line with that of the neighboring state," he said.
The two states also discussed the possibility of a partnership that would allow NAMA to train some of its operational staff at the Academy of Civil Aviation of Ghana because of its affiliation with renowned training from around the world.
The NAMA official added that he had also discussed the need for both States to share information on air navigation plans.
This would ensure the compatibility and interoperability of the air traffic management systems to be deployed by each State.
He added that the meeting with Ghana was a necessity of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as it would enhance synergy and transparency of operations.
Akinkuotu said this would also reduce the gaps in air traffic management between the two adjacent states.
The president of NAMA, while calling for sustained interaction and cooperation between Ghana and Nigeria, said the agency would continue to look for ways to enhance the safety of air navigation in the region . (NOPE)
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