Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described Nigeria’s extant aviation laws and regulations as being far from meeting up best international practices, thus the need for their review.
“It is not out of question that the establishment laws for the service-provider aviation agencies like Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET) the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and the regulatory body; Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), are far from meeting up with the international best practices”, the speaker stated.
Tuesday, while declaring open a public hearing for six bills seeking review of the laws establishing the affected agencies.
The speaker noted that at the commencement of the 9th House, one of the thrust of our legislative agenda was to initiate general reforms, in collaboration with the executive, taking into cognisance the yearnings of the people and the positive impact it would have on Nigerians.
“One of these critical areas is the need to ensure extensive development of our aviation industry to conform with the current International Civil Aviation Organisation standards and recommended practices”, he said.
Also speaking at the event, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said “The journey to proposal for amendments of the laws establishing agencies under the Nigeria Civil Aviation commenced as a result of funding in the International Civil Aviation /ICAO) Universal Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) in the year 2006, as well as finding in the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category Certification Audit in the year 2010, that the establishment Acts of some of the aviation services providers contain regulatory powers”, which should not be the case.
Earlier in his welcome address, chairman of the committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, said the need “for these enabling Acts to be repealed and subsequent re-enactment of the new Acts are glaring, considering the urgent need to meet the contemporary demands and international standards for the general development of the aviation sector, adding that “since the last review of these agencies, significant changes and developments have taken place in the aviation.”
“It is not out of question that the establishment laws for the service-provider aviation agencies like Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET) the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and the regulatory body; Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), are far from meeting up with the international best practices”, the speaker stated.
Tuesday, while declaring open a public hearing for six bills seeking review of the laws establishing the affected agencies.
The speaker noted that at the commencement of the 9th House, one of the thrust of our legislative agenda was to initiate general reforms, in collaboration with the executive, taking into cognisance the yearnings of the people and the positive impact it would have on Nigerians.
“One of these critical areas is the need to ensure extensive development of our aviation industry to conform with the current International Civil Aviation Organisation standards and recommended practices”, he said.
Also speaking at the event, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said “The journey to proposal for amendments of the laws establishing agencies under the Nigeria Civil Aviation commenced as a result of funding in the International Civil Aviation /ICAO) Universal Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP) in the year 2006, as well as finding in the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Category Certification Audit in the year 2010, that the establishment Acts of some of the aviation services providers contain regulatory powers”, which should not be the case.
Earlier in his welcome address, chairman of the committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji, said the need “for these enabling Acts to be repealed and subsequent re-enactment of the new Acts are glaring, considering the urgent need to meet the contemporary demands and international standards for the general development of the aviation sector, adding that “since the last review of these agencies, significant changes and developments have taken place in the aviation.”