It’s so sad to that aviation security will be associated to the group of Nigerians working to scuttle elections in the country next year. Stealing and pilfering of baggage and goods, at our airports is an age long thing that we have not been able to resolve, despite our heightened security at the airports and cargo areas.
The quantity of machines missing shows some level of connivance with some unscrupulous aviation staff, which is detrimental to aerodrome safety, since some equipment were used to ferry these machines over the fence. Those equipment and personnel would obviously have circumvented the airside rules and can contribute to future runway debris, which is dangerous for aircraft tires.
It is another wake up call for the airport authorities in Nigeria and other countries with similar problems, on need to improve security in & round the airports, profiling of staff, and increase usage of security cameras. Also unused airport lands should not be fallow; we should start thinking outside the box while waiting for the governments’ policy thrust which is presently confusing.
It’s also appalling to hear the handling agents throw banters at each other, when they should be working together to resolve glaring security lapses in the cargo areas.
We should really wake up and leave the joyous cocoon of our achievement in complying with the requirements of Annex 1, 6, 8 and seriously work towards improving our lapses in other ICAO annexes which will make us comply fully with Universal Safety Oversight Audit programme.
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