NCAA
By Yunus Yusuf
The Federal Government has approved the restructuring of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to further improve the safety oversight system of the countrys aviation industry.
The Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
Nuhu said the approved restructuring was aimed at repositioning the agency for effective and efficient service delivery.
He said this was also to entrench a robust safety oversight system in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards and recommended practices.
The director-general said the restructuring was to enable the regulatory body to resolve the current and emerging challenges facing the industry.
The restructuring affects the following directorates, which are the major organs of the authority. It has been reduced from nineto six.
The new and retained directorates are: the Airworthiness Standards (DAWS); Operations, Licencing and Training (DOLT); Air Transport Regulations (DATR; Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS).
Others are: the Finance and Accounts (DFA) and the Directorate of Human Resources and Administration (DHR