The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) at the weekend concluded its eight-yearly re-accreditation visit to the Regional Training School (RTC) of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) at Oshodi in Lagos.
The re-accreditation visit, which lasted five days, was conducted by a team from the WMO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, led by the Coordinator of Learning and Development, WMO Education & Training Office, Dr. Paul Bugeac.
The coordinator said the WMO had received complaints about NiMet’s RTC from previous years, which allegedly got him very upset.
“Things were really bad. I am impressed by what I am seeing here now and what I have learnt about the RTC in the last couple of months. It’s good to see dedicated workers taking care of the students’ hostel facilities, cleaning the rooms, and looking after the air conditioning and refrigerators, among others.
“It’s also good having solar panels on all the buildings, to be sure that the power is uninterrupted, and not depending on the national grid. The example of Nigeria’s RTC will be shown to others. I’m impressed with the commitment, trend, innovation, and evolution at Nigeria’s RTC.
“Also, we are impressed with the new training courses and new perspectives offered. We will continue our collaboration. I salute the commitment of Nigeria and the commitment of the Permanent Representative of Nigeria with WMO, Professor Charles Anosike,” he said.
