By Victoria Onyisi
The new management of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), led by the Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Charles Anosike, has said it is prioritizing commercialization of meteorological data and staff capacity development.
This he said is in line with the vision of the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, SAN, for the aviation sector.
The Minister had charged Aviation agencies to prioritize staff welfare including training etc, improvement in safety and increase in internally generated revenue.
It is along this line that the management organized a training and interactive session between officials of the agency and officials of Tomorrow.io, a Boston, Massachusetts, USA – based weather intelligence company.
The session was held on Thursday, 25th January, 2024, at NiMet headquarters in Abuja, one day after NiMet and Tomorrow.io had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a whole range of areas including commercializing weather data, improving accuracy of weather and climate forecasts, and application of artificial intelligence (Ai) in weather and climate intelligence.
