THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency has revealed that the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has granted the agency a frequency to dissenminate weather information to the public through text messages via phone.
Director General of NIMET Professor Sani Marshi who made this known in Abuja, said the initiative became necessary in view of the importance of weather information both to agricultural and aviation sectors of the nation’s economy.
He said: “The agency has adopted a new information dissemination approach using the mobile phone application known as the Mobile MET to effectively reach out to the public and also use same to generate revenue for NIMET”.
Marshi, explained that Nigerian Communication Commission had granted the agency a frequency and phone users would be able to subscribe to NIMET and be receiving weather information via their phones.
While declaring open a workshop organised by the agency for its staff, the DG noted that “to coordinate weather activities, the staff of the agency must be conversant with the technique and conduct required to accurately observe and dispense information on weather status”.
“Weather is very critical not just to airlines, but also to agriculture and other areas of our daily living, before information about weather is given out, observation must be made. If the staff that are carrying out this job are not properly treated, it will affect the judgment of their observation, “ Marshi stated.
The Director General also disclosed that the International Standards Organisation (ISO) had certified the NIMET to be in compliance with world best practices in observation and publication of weather status in the country.
Marshi stated that the ISO certification was first of its kind in Africa.“International Standards Organisation has certified NIMET as the first African Meteorological Agency to be certified with the 2015 standards certification”.
He noted that the certification was due to automation of the services of the agency both technically and administratively and also the reliable predictions made by the Agency over the past years.
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