The United State of America’s
Transportation Security Administration impressed with the performance of the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on the just concluded security assessment
on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. According to the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, “the officials of the America Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) has concluded its Security Assessment of the
Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) and thereby expressed deep
satisfaction at the level of compliance with the International Civil Aviation
Organisation (ICAO) Standard and Recommended Practices in the airport.”
The satisfactory comments were made by
the four-man TSA team during the debriefing held at the Conference Hall of the
Aviation House at the weekend.
The team also said it was highly impressed with the
Corrective Action Plans put in place by the Federal Airport Authority of
Nigeria(FAAN) in respect of the few opened items.
They praised the Authority’s consistency
and methodology on the implementation of TSA applicable security procedures
which was of ICAO standards and noted that this accomplishment is a reflection
of sufficient training provided for the staff and coupled with effective
regulatory oversight of the industry by NCAA.
Other areas of the airport examined in
the course of the assessment include
Airports Operations and Standards, Quality Control, Access Control Point, Passengers
and Baggage Screening, Screening Equipment, Airport Contingency Plan (ACP) and Airport
Security Programme (ASP).
The TSA team thanked the NCAA Director
General, Capt Muhtar Usman for providing enabling environment towards successful
accomplishment of the exercise and the observed
effective regulatory oversight over the sector.
Capt.Usman thanked the team for a job
well done and expressed the Authority’s readiness to always partner and co
operate with the TSA on issues of Aviation Security and Safety.
The Airport Authority officials in attendance
however gave explanations and the time line for the closure of the few opened
items that were identified by the team.
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