By Nnasom David
THE Federal authorities has revealed plans to begin the decarbonisation of Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, Abuja.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Improvement, Festus Keyamo mentioned the challenges posed by local weather change demanded decisive, concerted motion by stakeholders to embrace decarbonisation. He steered exploring group electrification of aprons and terminals, sustainable aviation gas, SAF, corridors and waste-to-energy tasks to cut back emission in airport operations.
The minister, who disclosed this at a stakeholders engagement on carbon emissions administration on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, NAIA, in Abuja yesterday.
Represented by the everlasting secretary of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Improvement, Dr. Ibrahim Kana, on the occasion organised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Keyamo mentioned:
“The worldwide aviation neighborhood stands at a crossroads. On one hand, we’re drivers of financial progress, connectivity, and nationwide growth.
‘’On the opposite, we’re responsibility certain to deal with our environmental affect with utmost seriousness. The problem of local weather change is just not a distant theoretical concern; it’s a current and urgent actuality that calls for decisive, concerted motion.
‘’For Nigeria, a nation poised for exponential progress in air journey and commerce, embedding sustainability into the very core of our aviation infrastructure is just not an possibility, it’s an crucial for long run, resilient prosperity”
Additionally talking, the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, mentioned local weather change posed a risk to world aviation business, with potential damaging ripple results on enterprise and livelihoods, if not correctly managed.
Kuku, who was represented by the Director of Human Useful resource and Administration, Dr. Luqman Eniola, mentioned FAAN was dedicated to decarbonising its operations by implementation of strategic measures.
On the essence of the stakeholder engagement, she mentioned: “This discussion board is predicted to assist FAAN perceive emission administration measures, so we are able to combine them into our carbon administration plan for the airport, the place it’s crucial.”
She hinted that the FAAN ACA Group and the Carbon Emission Discount Committee, CERC, carried out mapping in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt, noting that electrical energy consumption accounted for about 90 per cent of the overall emissions for Lagos airport from 2017 to 2023.
Kuku mentioned implementation of emission discount measures for the Lagos airport has commenced, including that extra actions can be thought-about within the reconstruction and growth of the airport’s terminal buildings.
“The Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport, Abuja, can be essential to us and because of this we’re internet hosting this occasion right now to make sure that we hear from you, and we’ll journey collectively.
‘’As they are saying, ‘by no means stroll alone’! We need to stroll with you, and we want you to stroll with us in our dedication of net-zero emissions goal in our airport operations,’’ Kuku mentioned.
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