Chief Executive Officers of the aviation agencies comprising Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) have held a private meeting with President, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr. Olumuyiwa Aliu who was briefly in Nigeria at the weekend.
The talks centred around how the country could leverage on the position of the Nigerian as President of the global apex aviation regulatory body to grow the sector and reposition it to meet global expectations.
Nigeria’s representative to the ICAO Council, Capt. Nuhu Musa, in a meeting with the Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau, Mr. Akin Olateru and his management team at the weekend, said, it is his responsibility to assist Nigeria overcome its challenges.
Musa disclosed that ICAO has concluded plans to train accident investigators and help them to have on the job training at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to acquaint them with the last innovation in accident investigation and to have practical experience on how to effectively and quickly handle crashes.
He further disclosed that the ICAO President had promised to discuss with the United Kingdom and Australia to re-audit the agency, adding that AIB should strive to improve on the 85 per cent it scored in the last audit.
