President Muhammadu Buhari put more emphasis on and will continue to prioritize aviation and security as one critical element to grow the industry.
President Buhari stated this on Monday in Abuja at the fourteen International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Air service Negotiation events.
The president also expresses an improvement as a result of Nigeria's participation in the open sky agreements which have attracted huge investments into the aviation sector.
In his words, “Nigeria continues to champion the cause of aviation safety, security and facilitation throughout the Continent with our ongoing support on the comprehensive regional implementation plan for Aviation Security and the Human Resources Development Fund, HRDF, plans.”
President Buhari was represented by his chief of staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
The president also applauded Nigeria's focus on leveraging public and private partnerships.
“Nigeria has adopted a Civil Aviation Policy cantered on liberalization and Public Private Partnership, PPP, initiatives. This has resulted in significant growth of the industry, including huge investments in the Nation's Airports which has increased our airports' capacities and growth of the domestic airline industry” he said.
