The United States, US, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, has on Tuesday, threatened to bar Nigerian Airlines from flying to its country, due to security issues.
The organisation has given a 65-days ultimatum to Nigerian Airlines, to address the specified security risks, or risk being barred.
This development is coming shortly after a team of US FAA officials carried out an audit for the renewal of Nigeria’s category one safety status.
It was gathered that the US FAA periodically checks foreign Airports with which it has bilateral agreements, to ensure they meet the set standards.
However, an Industry Expert, John Ojutiku, CEO of Centurion Securities, and member of the Aviation Industry Think-Tank, Aviation Round table, ART, had this to say:
“Many stakeholders would probably be asking; what is the necessity for the certification, when the industry was already classified category one?
“What many do not know however, is that the classification of Nigeria as Category one, was meant only for the NCAA Regulations and oversight competence, the way University academic programs are rated or accredited by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC).
“Unfortunately, the NCAA is like a University that has been long accredited, but has not been able to graduate a student. The NCAA, in spite of its category one status classification in 2010, and even today in 2017 after its reclassification, has not been able to give certification to a single Airport, among the over 28 Federal and State Airports in the country.”
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