Tuesday, 29 March 2016

ICAO PRESIDENT VISITS NIGERIA TO MEET PRESIDENT BUHARI


The President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu has arrived Nigeria on official visit.
This is according to a statement issued by the General Manager, Public Relations, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Sam Adurogboye, today (29th March) in Lagos.
According to Adurogboye, Mr. Aliu will hold a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
Other programmes lined up during the visit include a meeting with stakeholders in the aviation industry.
 “The ICAO President prior to his election on the 18th November, 2013, served for eight years as the ICAO Council’s Nigerian Representative. He was the pioneer Director of Air Transport Regulation (DATR) at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) from 2000 – 2004.
He succeeded Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez of Mexico.
“During Dr Aliu’s 2014 – 2016 trienniums, ICAO has established five comprehensive strategic objectives to his credit.
These are Safety, Air Navigation Capacity and Efficiency, Security and Facilitation, Economic Development of Air Transport and Environment Protection.
ICAO has 191 member countries.

The current ICAO Council’s Nigerian Representative, Mr. Martins Nwafor arrived Nigeria earlier ahead of the President’s state visit.” –the statement reads

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