NAMA Completes WGS-84 of Bebi Airstrip

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has the successfully completed a  World  Geodetic Survey (WGS-84) of Bebi airstrip, joining other major airports already prepared for satellite based navigation system.

Mazi Nnamdi Udo, managing director of the agency, has approved the submission of the report carried out exclusively by NAMA in-house experts.

With this development, NAMA now prides itself as having in-house experts in WGS-84 Survey, PBN Procedure Design and Cartography.

NAMA has developed this capacity through competence transfer achieved by the WGS-84/PBN project of 24 Nigerian Airports.

NAMA has also acquired through same project, state-of- art digital survey equipment and GIS LAB.

"The Agency is very ready to colaborate with any organization that requires this service within and outside Nigeria, with assurance of delivery in accordance with international standards to ensure Safety of Air Navigation", the managing director remarked while endorsing the report on the airstrip.

The hard and soft copies of the report was submitted  to the government of the Cross River State by Mr. John Onyegiri ,NAMA's general manager in charge of Safety Management System and the WGS-84/PBN project on behalf of the management.

Mr. Wilfred Usani, special adviser to the Governor of Cross River State on Tourism Development, received the report on behalf of the Governor.