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| Capt. Muhtar Usman DG NCAA |
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority is making serious
effort to see that Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Abuja international airports in the country are certified. This is coming as a
concern as none of the over 22 airports in Nigeria has gone through any level
of certification before. In his reaction to this concern, the Director-General
of NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman said, “We are putting our best to ensure that at
least the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
Abuja are certified soon.” The DG gave this assurance at the dinner with the
aviation correspondents under the aegis of League of Airport and Aviation
Correspondents, LAAC.
Capt. Usman also made known the regulatory authority’s preparation towards two major audits this
year. “Let me use this opportunity to inform you that Nigeria is preparing for
the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Security Audit in June,
2015 and the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) in November,
this year. The ICAO USOAP was established in accordance with strategic
objective A3 to ‘’conduct aviation safety oversight audits to identify
deficiencies and encourage their resolutions by contracting states.’’ The
programme is managed by ICAO Safety Audit Oversight Section.”
Explaining the aim of the audits the DG said, “The
objective of USOAP is to promote global aviation safety. ICAO does this by
auditing the contracting states on a regular basis. This is to determine the
States’ capability for safety oversight.
ICAO assesses the effectiveness of implementation of the
critical elements of a safety oversight system and the status of States’
implementation of safety – related ICAO standards and Recommended Practices
(SARPs).”
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