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Abstract:
This research tends to evaluate the safety and security measures in Nigerian airports with emphasis on the major international airports - Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and kano. Primary data were collected and frequency distribution analyzed with the use of STATA12.0 software. From the results, 77% of travelers opined that the safety and security screening at the airports came below expectations and thus dissatisfied. Approximately 21 percent considered the safety and security measures as moderate while about 2 percent of travelers considered the measures as satisfactory. Secondary data sourced from accident data base of the Bureau of Accident Investigation was subjected to probit analysis. The probit analysis revealed that the Z values for all variables (Human factor, Act of God, Mechanical and Collision) falls within the acceptance range - 1.96 and 1.96 and as such are not significant at 0.05 levels. This is evidenced by the Z values of 0.190, -0.386, -0.202, and -0.257 respectively. However, at 95% confidenc
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