Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Mukhtar Usman has pledged the commitment of the authority to get at least the four major international airports in the country certified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). According to him, presently no Nigerian airport including the Murtala Mohammed Airport and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport has been certified.
The airports, according to the DG, were undergoing the process of certification. However, Usman explained that the non-certification of the airports does not mean they were unsafe. “Our airports are safe, our airspace is also safe. The regulatory agency is up and doing”, the DG said in an interview culled from the current edition of the Regulator. He explained, “As it is now, none of the Airports have been certified. They are all undergoing the process of certification. We are concentrating more on Lagos and Abuja for now, but then the target is to certify at least the four major international airports”. These are Lagos, Abuja, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and PortHarcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
(Source: ALL AFRICA)