After 11 years, the NPA Simulation Facility comes alive in Apapa, Lagos.

In a bid to conserve foreign exchange, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has partnered its joint venture partners to build a simulation centre for the training of pilots locally.

Speaking at the inauguration of the simulation centre in Lagos yesterday, the Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman, said training of pilots locally would save the federal government over $1 million (N366 million) annually spent in training pilots in the United Kingdom, other Europe countries and the United States of America.

The Simulator will be used to train pilots and for research and other purposes. The Simulator has software that realistically simulates the behavior of a vessel and its systems in a simulated maritime environment and has an interface that allows the person using it to control the ship & interact with its simulated surroundings.

The idea which was conceived 11 years ago has the Honourable Minister of Transportation Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi commissioned the NPA Simulation Facility.

According to NPA, the Centre has in the last 8 months trained 98 Nigerian pilots that hitherto would have been sent abroad, saving the country a significant amount of foreign exchange. With this commission, the Authority is expected to save an average of One Million US Dollars ($1,000,000) annually from the training pilots overseas yearly.

These are images of the centre and also from the commissioning in Apapa, Lagos.

Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/04/11-years-after-npa-commissions.html

Nice one...

See more images here

https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/04/11-years-after-npa-commissions.html

Please help did I get the FTC 2day......I so need it like critics need wit

okay... some nice improvements today

Pilot or sailors

Pretty hardworking lady

Which one is pilots again for ships?

nice development...... from the action man

Idea was conceived 11 years ago!!!
Mehn Nigeria is just too useless!
Kudos to whoever deemed it fit to actually do it

if anything I must commend buhari's government for continuity

NPA, Apapa, Pilot? Sailor.
I am not getting it. Why will NPA train pilots?

We will get there one day.

great!

Lion of Ubima is working

I dey find work oh

GavelSlam:


Pilots.

They lead the vessel to its berthing location.

finally no more going to indian or eygpt..
a lot of people are not aware of piloting in vessel

jeffoe:
Pilot or sailors

In shipping they are called pilots

Okay ooo.
All the best Naija!

I'm not understanding I thought they call ship operator heads captains anyways I'm not surprised even God is good motors call their drivers pilots.

What do I even know.


Meanwhile this offers a very good distractions for the honourable minister considering the terrible humiliation he suffered in the hands of Wiked Wike in the Rivers election

Thank you GEJ for conceiving this 11 years ago

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GavelSlam:


Amaechi.

The guy is an achiever and it's sad that people from Rivers cannot even appreciate him today.

In 2013, Nairaland was awash with all Amaechi's achievements in Rivers. From construction to foreign scholarships, to standard schools.

As soon as he decamped they demonized him.

Realise this was a man that caged cultism in Rivers state.
It's obvious Nigerians don't appreciate good things.

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Stop crying more than the bereaved...Rivers people know what they want and what they want isn't Amaechi.

Charity is suppose to start at home since his appointment as a minister which project has he attracted to Rivers state or south south in general....in fact we dash una Amaechi afteral his middle name Rotimi sounds like a Waste lander