NAMA to Spend N45bn on TRACON Rehabilitation, Safe Tower Upgrade, Others Chinedu Eze The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has disclosed that it has started the rehabilitation of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeri
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has disclosed that it has started the rehabilitation of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria , safe tower upgrade as well as the completion of multilateration for low flying aircraft in the Niger Delta at about N45 billion.According to him, a breakdown of the amount to be spent include N23 billion to rehabilitate TRACON facilities across the country, N13 billion for the upgrade of Safe Tower project and the completion multilateration project at about $12.
Pwajok said TRACON upgrade has been ongoing, adding that it entails software and hardware upgrade and provision of other amenities. “The upgrade will cover the entire nation, the nine locations of TRACON, which include Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Ilorin, Obubra in Cross River state, Maiduguri, Tala-Mafara in Kebbi state and Numan in Taraba state. This is all to improve the safety, efficiency and capacity the airspace,” he said.
He said as a navigation tool, multilateration uses a single, mobile receiver to measure the signals transmitted from a number of sites at fixed, known positions.