THE Federal Government has added more Aviation Security Personnel, to secure federal airports across the country.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement at the weekend Passing Out Parade (POP) of AVSEC Cadets in Kano.
Sirika, who was represented by Capt. Talba Alkali, Director of Safety and Technical Services at the Federal Ministry of Transportation, stated that the new injection will also contribute in the fight against terrorism threats at airports.
“This will have positive impact, bearing in mind the emerging trends in the Aviation Industry. With this training of 381 Cadets, we have taken the right step in the right direction in the fight against terrorism and in a bid to ensuring that the mandate that Civil Aviation shall operate from a safe and secure environment is sustained” he said.
In his address, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, FAAN, Capt Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu, said the cadets completed the 13 weeks of intensive training on the STP 123 Basic course in line with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and National Civil Aviation Security Training Programme (NCASTP).
He noted that “at a time of national security challenges, finding expression in myriad problems and threats such as terrorism, banditry, insurgency, kidnapping etc, the Aviation security STP 123 Training programme could not have come at a better time.”
Thus, the “STP 123 programme by its design and practical administration of the AVSEC Trainees, will expose them to modern and time-tested ways of managing and drastically reducing National threats at our airports and beyond.”
AVSEC Commander, Mallam Aminu International Airport, Kano, Tanimu Danjuma Obashe, in his comments stated that the cadets comprised 55 females and 286 males.
He added that they were trained by the Digital Bridge Institute, the Nigerian Immigration Training School Kano, and FAAN AVSEC tutors.
He also pointed out that they received intellectual and physical training, as well as an overview of laws, access control, screening procedures, x-ray, image interpretation, effective communication, guarding and patrolling, crowd control, and aircraft security, among other things.
