By Dickson Omobola

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, and the Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies, CIAP, have urged members of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents, LAAC, to accurately report the sector.

FAAN and CIAP stated this during a training session held in Lagos by both organisations.

Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, who spoke at the event, said the training was to ensure aviation correspondents have a better understanding of the sector given its technicalities.

Kuku, represented by Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah, stressed that learning was continuous, making the training a necessity.

She said: “In aviation, the first thing is safety. Second is safety. Third is safety. The training is for us to ensure that we are well-grounded. When I say we, I mean FAAN as a major stakeholder in aviation. We need to ensure that we have the right training to be able to provide services.

“The training is to ensure that we keep our passengers and the wider public informed of all our activities both in the airport, around the airport, both aeronautics and non-aeronautics. It is more or less like public affairs training.

“In public affairs, we are in contact with the populace, so we need to inform them accurately of the things that we are doing. We need to keep them abreast of what we are doing, so that those passing through the airports will know that they are coming into a comfort zone and they are moving through the airports seamlessly.”

Some of the resource persons at the training were Professor of Strategy and Development, Anthony Kila, Executive Director of Media Career Development Network, Mr Lekan Otufodunrin; Mr Pekun Sowole.