The nation’s aviation sector has been rated the best among the countries on the continent of Africa, the spokesman of Nigeria civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Sam Adurogboye said at the weekend.
Fielding questions from journalists on the agency’s preparedness towards International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO audit in March, Adurogboye said all is set for the audit.
ICAO is an international agency with headquarters in Canada, set up to oversee and audit the safety compliance of global aviation sectors.
Adurogboye said although preparation is still ongoing, but the audit is not new to NCAA, as it has gone through ICAO audit in 2007 even at a time when the country was facing the challenge of air mishaps.
He explained further that although ICAO is an international agency, but it’s not something imposed on the aviation by external body, but its operation is done collectively by the aviation sectors of all the countries of the world to maintain standard.
“In the last ICAO audit in 2007, our performance was 93%. So when we are talking about NCAA, with past records, we can say categorically that we are doing well.
“What we put together as safety roadmap in Nigeria aviation, have been recommended to other countries in Africa. If Nigeria is not safety compliant, a Nigerian cannot emerge as candidate for ICAO. Infact, he was nominated by us and seconded by Australia.”
Reacting to a travel website that rated three airports in Nigeria among the worst in Africa, while the country occupies unenviable position of harbouring the worst airport in the world, he said there is bound to be discomfort when construction is going on.
“What is happening in the Port Harcourt, they are assessing on other ones, and the major reconstruction is going on.”
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