In a bid to boost revenue generation in the aviation sector, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, is looking at ways of collecting landing fees from helicopters operating in Nigerian airspace.
In line with this, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has inaugurated the latest batch of trained Helicopter Monitoring Officers at the International Wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State.
In his opening remarks, the minister, who was represented by the Director of Human Resources at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Norris Anozie, reiterated the determination of the Federal Government to improve revenue collection of helicopter landing charges.
While appreciating the minister, the host of the event lauded the innovations brought in by the minister in the sector.
The minister then inaugurated the trainees before commissioning the helicopter monitoring facility at the airport.
One of the newly trained Helicopter Monitoring Officers who spoke under anonymity, explained that henceforth, everywhere helicopters land or take off from in the country would be adequately monitored.
The Helicopter Monitoring Officers are going to be vested with the responsibility of collecting landing fees on behalf of the Federal Government.
