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ICAO begins safety audit of Nigeria today

A team of aviation safety auditors from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) arrived in Lagos yesterday to begin the Universal Security Audit Programme on Nigeria from today.

The safety audit will run for about nine days and terminate on  June 9.

The Director General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Mukthar  Usman, said the team will look at Nigeria’s regulatory framework and national civil aviation security systems, training of aviation security personnel, quality control functions, airport operations and aircraft and in-flight security.

Other areas the team will look at include: passenger and baggage security, cargo, catering and mail security, response to acts of unlawful interference and security aspects of facilitation.

He listed the members as: Karen Zadoyan, Steven Neu, Nuno Miguel Silva Ferreira Fortes and Wendy Mueller.

Usman said the objective of the audit is to determine a country’s capability for security oversight by assessing the implementation of the critical elements of security oversight system.
“Thereafter, recommendations will be provided for contracting states to improve their security systems and oversight capabilities,” he said.

He, therefore, reiterated his call on all stakeholders in the industry to join hands with the authority to ensure another successful outing similar to the audit of 2008.

The NCAA boss said:”In our preparations, adjustments have been made in some areas. These are response to ICAO’s compliance checklist, state aviation security activity questionnaire, state corrective action plan (CAP) and review of all relevant NCAA aviation security documentation, which includes the National Civil Aviation Security Programme.

Others are National Civil Security Training Programme, National Civil Aviation Security Quality Control Programme and Scheduled Inspections, Surveys and Audits of Airports nationwide.

The NCAA is the nation’s statutory regulatory authority responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of National Civil Aviation Security Programme (NCASP).

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