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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Friday, June 18, 2004. NCAA  to assist The Gambian aviation By Rotimi Durojaiye, Aviation Correspondent, Lagos Nigerian aviation is inching closer to become one of the leading civil aviation authorities in Africa as it has entered into an agreement to assist The Gambian Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The scheme was at the instance of The Gambian Government. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will assist in areas that include manpower training. This was one of the points in the memorandum of understanding signed at the meeting last month of directors general of civil aviation authorities in West and Central African States held in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Some NCAA inspectors would move to Banjul to supervise aviation personnel and GCAA officials are expected to come to Nigeria to understudy its officials in air safety, regulation and management. A source said: “The Gambia, being a tiny small West African country, pleaded with the Nigerian Government to train its officials. We are not charging them for this. But when NCAA officials go to The Gambia, the government over there will be responsible for their transportation, feeding and accommodation. They will also be responsible for their own expenses whenever they come to Nigeria”. He attributed the feat to the confirmation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rating of NCAA as one of the best civil aviation authorities in the world. ICAO recently rated Nigeria 86 per cent in the enforcement of air safety regulation, an accolade that perhaps influenced the appointment of an NCAA official by ICAO to audit other country’s civil aviation all over the world. NCAA Director of Air Transport Regulations Olumuyiwa Aliu has also been recommended by Nigeria to represent it at ICAO headquarters in Montreal, Canada. He is expected to resume in December and will be in Canada for a two-term of six years each. “That shows that NCAA is doing well, because the government could have as well picked its representative from any other arm of the aviation ministry. Indeed, it is a confirmation of our rating and we are glad,” said the source. Media Assistant to NCAA Director General Sam Adurogboye confirmed the developments. He pledged that the authority would not waiver in its pursuit of regulatory objectives.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.dailyindependentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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