The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7bn for the procurement and installation of Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) for the Kano flight information region.

The CPDLC is a method by which air traffic controllers can communicate with pilots over a datalink system.

The approval was announced yesterday at the end of the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Briefing State House reporters, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the approval was for the second phase of CPDLC for the Kano flight information region
Within the Kano flight information region, the Minister said there are Abuja and Lagos airports.

“The total contract sum is $5,403,271 which is equivalent to N1,652,320,271.80, exclusive of five percent VAT. The contract is to Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA),” he said.

Sirika said when completed, the CPDLC would improve communications at the airports by digital means.

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