TO further equip itself for the job ahead as regards accidents or incidents investigations, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has budgeted another N1,850,000,000 for the upgrade and acquisition of flight data recorder download equipment and procurement of maritime voyage data downloader for its operation.
This is also a new project by the bureau.
The bureau has also planned to use N2,517,500,000 for the purchase of safety equipment, maintenance and support which is also ongoing.
The bureau in the appropriation bill would spend N608,000,000 on purchase of safety investigators response kits, while it is expected to spend N839,119,462 for its mobile office; N500,000,000 for equipping of material science laboratory at Abuja airport and another N700,000,000 as infrastructural works at its Abuja complex.
All the aforementioned projects are ongoing.
Others are proposal of N1,000,000,000 for the construction of/provision of office buildings, which is ongoing; N3,372,585,500 as electronic document management system, accessories, support, IT software and training; N570,000,000 for equipping of library, support and subscription training of NSIB offices, marked as ongoing; N836,000,000 for equipment, hardware, software, subscription and renewals; N1,495,091,000 for post-contract supervision for the construction and equipment of NSIB training school in Abuja. The project is also ongoing, according to the proposal to the National Assembly.
Equally, the bureau has set aside N2 billion for two of its regional offices in the country. The appropriation bill indicated that the bureau planned to spend N1 billion each on Yola and Delta offices.
However, the federal government has appropriated N105,953,496,365 to the aviation industry in the 2025 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly.
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The breakdown of the N106 billion appropriation bill for the ministry, showed that the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development would have N71,123,368,069; Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet), N9,819,554,829 and the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria with N7,975,364,319.
While the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) had N10,035,209,148 in the budget, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) was allocated N7,000,000,000 in the 2025 budget proposal.
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