The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director-Basic, Musa Nuhu has mentioned the regulatory physique is not going to certify any airport that fails to fulfill the required necessities for certification.
In keeping with him, any airport that has a deficiency could be grounded to the extent of standing they’re. The DG lamented that the dearth of certification of the airports price Nigeria 12 factors within the simply concluded Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit.
Talking to reporters on why a number of the aerodromes, resembling those in Lagos and Abuja licensed some years in the past, failed abysmally to retain their certifications, Nuhu mentioned the certification which have been for 3 years had elapsed.
He famous that the airport operator, which is the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), for a lot of causes has challenges that prevented it from assembly the necessities for certification.
He mentioned: “It’s worrisome, however we’re working with them and the purpose you raised, certification of some airports have been occurring for longer than vital, however the NCAA can not give certification if you don’t meet the necessities.
“If any person is making use of for an Air Operator Certificates (AOC) and he doesn’t meet the necessities, what will we do? Due to that certification challenge, we misplaced about 12 factors in our audit, however I might reasonably miss these 12 factors than do a certification that doesn’t meet the necessities. If we try this, the Worldwide Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will come and say this certificates you gave is bogus. That does extra harm to the credibility of all the system.”
On the Kaduna airport repairs, the DG mentioned: “The problem of Kaduna Airport, I don’t precisely suppose it’s as a result of standing of the airport. “There have been safety points between the airport and the city and folks have been actually scared. We’re all conscious of that. “Issues have improved now and I’m positive the state authorities too is taking measures to make sure they block all these challenges.
“I believe the problem there’s extra of safety, however the state of affairs has improved considerably and we will definitely take a look at the services on the airport.
“After this audit, in reality, we’re going to verify all of the airports; it’s not solely the worldwide airport. For all of the airports in Nigeria, we’re going to audit them and see their conditions.
“Any airport that has a deficiency, it is going to be grounded to the extent of standing they’re and that’s the manner they’re.”
