The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N1.2 billion for the establishment of a training school for accident investigation and the refurbishing of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) in Abuja, Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, has said.
The minister said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We had one memo in council and it has to do with the refurbishment of accident investigation bureau’s office here in Abuja and the establishment of the training school for accident investigation also her ion Abuja.
“The accident investigation unit are like the pathologists in aviation, if you like. So, their job is to investigate accidents and incidents, with a view to preventing it from happening again.
“The contract sum for the construction of the school is N645, 453,627.80. For the refurbishment of the office, it is N591,857,050.39. It was taken and approved.
“The sum is inclusive of the equipment in the laboratory, it has laboratory components and the equipment are from their manufacturers, through the representatives of those manufacturers. They will be certified by International Civil Aviation Organization and the NCAA, which is the regulator of the industry in Nigeria,” he said.
