New NCAA DG Unveils Agenda to Improve Air Transport in Nigeria
Chinedu Eze
The acting Director general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo at the weekend unveiled his agenda on how to reposition the agency, improve air safety and make commercial flight operations more viable in other to attract investment in the sector.
Tagged, “NCAA project 2024,” Najomo outlines the priorities of his management built on quick resolution of issues, stressing that the areas of attention would include prompt and simplified licencing/certification, enhanced surveillance, consumer protection, staff welfare, among others.
He aims to eliminate knotty and cumbersome procedures that that tend to encourage bureaucracy and promised digital transformation; intensified revenue drive; Universal Safety Audit and ISO 9001certification as part of his agenda for the year, 2024.
In a collaborative manner and for one who has over 40 years flying experience, he emphasized new partnership with airlines, noting that to actualize his set objectives his agency would need funds and therefore called on debtor airlines to pay up their debts or risk being denied services henceforth.
In order not to make the payment of the debts burdensome, he gave the airlines the option to schedule the payment and disclosed that NCAA has adopted ‘no pay, no service’ policy as airlines would no longer get services not paid for.
