FG is committed to ensuring aviation safety-Sambo

The Vice President, Alhaji Namadi Sambo has said that the federal government was totally committed to promoting a strong aviation safety culture, implementing a robust security programmes at all the airports, enhancing passenger comfort and convenience as well as promoting private sector investment in the sector.
Speaking at the launch of ‘Aviation Commits’ imitative held in Lagos recently, the vice president, who was represented at the event by the minister of national planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, said the federal government had achieved a lot in the past four years, adding that government would build on the already the achievements hence the introduction of the initiative.
The vice president listed some of the administration’s to include upgrade of safety infrastructure, modernisation of airport infrastructure, increase in the number of domestic airlines operating in the country, the retention of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category One air safety rating in September 2014.
He explained that the initiative “is aimed at identifying service gaps, committing to acceptable standards of service improvement and providing customer reliefs where there are identified service failures.”
Sambo who described Aviation Commits as a “bold step to promote service improvement in the sector” commended the ministry of aviation, its agencies and stakeholders for the courage to publicly commit to specific and measurable higher service standards in the sector in line with government’s ongoing policy on performance management.