SAN FRANCISCO, October 08, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives’ Committee on Aviation will on Tuesday, October 20, begin a process of amending the Civil Aviation Acts 2006. This is coming fourteen years after the last review.
The Committee said it will commence the amendment with a three-day public hearing on the six aviation bills brought to it by the Executive. The Bills are seeking to amend certain aspects of the Acts establishing the six agencies being superintended by the Ministry of Aviation.
The agencies are: the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA). Other agencies are: the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, (NCAT) Zaria, Accident Investigation Bureau, (AIB) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, (NIMET).
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji said aviation, being a dynamic industry required constant review of their enabling status to ensure that the country kept to standard.
“I understand that the last review was done about fourteen years ago (2006) and l can tell you that within this period, a lot of changes have happened globally and this must have necessitated the proposed review from the Executive arm”, Nnaji declared.
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He appealed to critical stakeholders and the public especially frequent air travelers/aviation community to make time to either attend or send well articulated memoranda that will guide the legislators in amending the Acts. Such, he said, would engender robust debate and discussions that will at the end, prepare grounds for qualitative amendment Bills that will reposition the country’s air transport sector for a greater future.
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