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Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo
The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has visited the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation, Prof Andrea Saulo, to solicit operational support for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency.
The minister centred his request on areas of capacity building, and launching a national roadmap in respect of the Early-Warnings-for-All initiative by the United Nations among others.
Keyamo made this known through a post on his X handle on Thursday.
The minister who had visited the Secretary-General in the company of the DG of Nimet. Prof. Charles Anosike, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Ambassador Abiodun Adejola and some technical staff of NIMET, also requested WMO support for NiMet in implementing Digital Climate Advisory Services for sectoral activities in Nigeria.
According to the minister, training opportunities for Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel in Nigeria is of utmost importance appealing to the Secretary General to help Nigeria out in the capacity building of the officials in Nigeria.
The post reads “Yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland, I led a team comprising the DG of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Professor Charles Anosike, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Ambassador Abiodun Richards Adejola and some technical staff of NIMET to meet the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation, Professor Andrea Celeste Saulo.
“Amongst other issues, we tabled the following requests before the WMO; Training opportunities for Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel in Nigeria.
“ Support to assist Nigeria launch a national roadmap in respect of the Early-Warnings-for-All initiative by the United Nations that is built on four pillars.
“ The WMO support for NiMet in implementing Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) for sectoral activities in Nigeria.
“The WMO support to assist Nimet for the hosting of the Numerical Weather Prediction Regional Centre of Excellence. Nigeria has been providing technical support to Liberia and Sierra Leone in this regard.
“Increased Fellowship opportunities for Members (Nigeria in particular) as well as the support of WMO in implementing Data Rescue support”
Meanwhile, in another statement by Nimet, the Secretary-General of the WMO acknowledged the role of Nigeria in ensuring no country is left behind in Africa in the development of other meteorological services.
Saulo further hailed the Nigerian government’s support being received by the Meteorological Service of Nigeria while emphasising the importance of such support, especially towards resource mobilisation for improved service delivery, and early warning system improvement.
While promising her support for regional centres for meteorology and climate change, she specifically pledged her support and that of the WMO for Nigeria “considering the strategic importance of the country to the development of meteorological services.”
