Sirika Hails Caverton’s MRO, Flight Simulator Facility
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has commended Caverton Helicopters on its newly-built Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility and Flight Simulator for the training of pilots.
Sirika who toured the facility located at the airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos said that the MRO and the simulator were critical for the industry aviation because they would enable the maintenance of aircraft and the retraining of pilots locally, thereby saving the country huge foreign exchange.
He said Caverton had done well, not only to boost the GDP of the country, but also in ensuring capacity building of the teeming Nigerian youths.
He reiterated the federal government’s commitment to continue to support businesses like Caverton and other enterprises in the aviation industry.
“Our primary purpose in government is to provide full support to entrepreneurs for them to provide the needed service and employ our people. And this exactly what is happening here. I am very impressed and I am more than willing to support Caverton Helicopters and other entrepreneurs in aviation industry. And as I said in my earlier remarks, we are reorienting Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to shift focus from being police of the industry to becoming an enablers of businesses. The agency will be able to create that partnership that will help develop the industry, provide the service, employ our people and kick-start the economy and ginger it up. These enterprises will contribute to the GDP of our country. Investments like the one done by Caverton will certainly do that,” Sirika said.
In his brief remarks, the Chairman of Caverton Offshore Support Group, Dr. Aderemi Makanjuola thanked the minister for honoring the company’s invitation.
“The minister has been part of it from the beginning in terms of advice and all that we needed to do to get it right. We are proud today that he is here to support us,” he said.
Speaking about the facility, the Chief Executive Officer, Caverton Offshore Support Group, Mr. Bode Makanjuola explained that the facility was about 70 per cent completed.