The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will in August carry out audit of Nigeria’s air transport industry to ensure it abides by international safety standard and recommended practices. According to the body, ICAO audits the aviation safety and aviation security oversight capacities of its 193 member states. In the safety domain, these audits are carried […]
Air incidents recorded in the last few weeks have prompted industry stakeholders to express fear over the recent recruitment of unqualified workers with zero aviation experience in various industry parastatals. THISDAY learnt that in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) some of the new recruits as air traffic controllers have not had prior experience in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reorganisation of Agencies under the Ministry of Aviation in line with the new Acts of the National Assembly which he assented to, and were gazetted recently. Highlights of the reorganisation include the creation of new Directorates in some of the Agencies prominent amongst which are the Public Affairs and […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) are yet to take action on the perpetrators of fraud that led to the missing Duty Tour Allowance put at N7 billion. In March 2023 EFCC arrested four top officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, over alleged N2 billion Duty Tour Allowance fraud, […]
One of the major characteristics that marred President Buhari’s administration in the aviation industry is the lack of open advertisement for employment throughout the eight years of his administration, even though new persons were recruited every month into the various parastatals that made up the aviation industry. The recruitments include workers from Level 8 to […]
