LAGOS – In a bid to properly position the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to be at par with its counterparts in the globe, the management is understudying its contemporaries in Finland and France.
This would enable Nimet to improve on its operational efficiency and end-to-end service delivery, a statement from the office of Prof. Charles Anosike, its Director-General has said.
According to the statement, a team from Vaisala of Finland comprising James Gadiner, Kimmo Ristolainen and Vesa Koivula from Vaisala, and Alexandre Bonnes from Meteo France International (MFI) of France, recently undertook a three-day working visit to NiMet.
Anosike said that the essence of the working visit was to enable Nimet to understand the observation infrastructure gaps and the integrated solutions for the agency’s service delivery.
He explained that the outcome of the meeting would lead to a Design, Build and Operate project proposal for Nimet with integrated capacity development and sustainable plan.
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He said: “NiMet aims to leverage the experience and expertise of both Vaisala and MFI to close observation gaps in Nigeria focusing on integrated radar solutions, aviation AWOS, and many more.
“Also ensuring not only that weather and climate are observed, but that the agency also has an integrated solution for seamless operation, information sharing, and last-mile dissemination of meteorological information for socio-economic impact.”
Anosike commended the staff of NiMet for their ingenuity and hard work and assured of management’s readiness and commitment towards improving workplace infrastructure, systems, and environment to improve job satisfaction and efficient service delivery.
The statement hinted that the visit followed earlier meetings in June 2024, held in Geneva, Switzerland, with senior officials of the two firms on the sideline of the 78th Session of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Executive Council (EC).
It added that this was subsequently followed by the visit of a Ministerial team led by Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development.
As part of the visit, the Vaisala and MFI team toured the existing infrastructure of NiMet within Abuja and used the opportunity to interact with operational officers across NiMet’s technical directorates.
