The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has acquired the recertification of the International Standard Organization ISO 9001:2015 and the International Standard Organization ISO 29990:2010 for the provision of aeronautical meteorological services and capacity building at it’s Regional Training Centre (RTC), in Lagos and MBMIST in Katsina respectively.
The director general /CEO of NIMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu, who stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, said this followed a detailed and rigorous quality management audit.
According to Prof. Matazu, the implication of this recertification is like the stamp of standardisation of service delivery by an international organisation and gives a guarantee on the precision and efficiency of NiMe’s products and services.
He revealed that the agency is exposing it’s operations to quality management systems and even transforming to Safety Management Systems (SMS), across all its operations in the country and assured that NiMet is striving to do more and is open to assist other MDAs of government to pass through this process.
Matazu said, “ We took the challenge as far back as 2013 and we have been maintaining this three year certificate and we just acquired recertification of ISO 9001:2015 for aeronautical meteorological services in the six major international airports in the country. We are working hard to extend it to ten more airports across the country.”
On recertification for capacity training, the DG said “ We have also acquired another recertification for ISO 29990:2010 for training. Remember NiMet runs two training institutes like polytechnics, one in Lagos the RTC, which is a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) accredited training centre and we also have the Muhammadu Buhari Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology (MBMIST), which is accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), as a training centre in Katsina and offers Diploma. So we have acquired ISO 29990:2010 for training on all aspects of meteorology, applied meteorology including climate change”.
It should be noted that NiMet is the first met service on the African continent to have acquired this certification.
Presently, the agency is serving as auditor for some African countries like Malawi, and Gambia and has been approached by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to assist and guide them to acquire this certification.
