NiMet Pushes for Law Review to Improve Revenue and Services

A public hearing on a bill that would change the 2022 version of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s Establishment Act and was sponsored by Hon. Isiaq Abiodun Akinlade, the former chair of the House Committee on Aviation Technology, was held at the agency.

A clear and comprehensive framework for the Agency’s cost recovery across the economy, particularly the non-aviation industries, is one of the main goals of the proposed revisions.

The objective is to increase the Agency’s ability to carry out its purpose, encourage efficiency, upgrade facilities, guarantee security, and improve employee well-being.

In his presentation at the public hearing, which was organized by the House Committee on Aviation Technology, Director-General/CEO Professor Charles Anosike stressed that cost recovery is a widely recognized practice and a vital component of the Agency’s long-term viability.

Representatives from WMO, NIMASA, FAAN, NCC, trade unions, and former Director-Generals of the Agency—Engr. Dr. Jide Adeniji, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, and Professor Mansur Matazu—were among the other important participants from a range of socioeconomic sectors who attended the hearing.

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Additionally, previous Agency directors submitted both orally and in writing.

The Speaker of the House, through the Deputy Chief Whip, opened the hearing by restating the National Assembly’s commitment to a people-oriented legislature that guarantees MDAs like NiMet have the ability to support public growth, maintain transparency, respond to national needs, address climate change and hazardous weather, and fortify the resilience of vulnerable communities.

In his concluding remarks, the committee’s chairman, Hon. Tajudeen Kareem Abisodun, gave attendees his word that the committee will take into account all written and spoken contributions in a comprehensive manner and produce legally compliant revisions. He emphasized the significance of NiMet’s mission in protecting human life on land, in the air, and on the sea—an undertaking that calls for everyone’s support.