The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and stakeholders in the aviation industry are set to review the agency’s proposed Civil Aviation Regulations of 2019.
AIB said in a statement that the two-day event which holds in Lagos April 4-5 is aimed at engaging stakeholders on the proposed amendments to the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations, 2016 and discuss the promotion of aviation safety.
“This forum will attract stakeholders from different segments of the aviation sector to deliberate on the Bureau’s amended regulations, which will guide the agency in carrying out its statutory functions and activities.
“We are amending our regulations to meet global standards, and the stakeholders input is of great importance. This is in conformance with international best practices’
“The forum is to enable the Bureau review its legal backing as to its duties and processes. The two-day meeting will also feature a stakeholders’ conference where safety and other critical issues will be deliberated upon by the participants,” said the commissioner for AIB, Mr. Akin Olateru.
Among the dignitaries and speakers expected at the event are the minister of state for aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Senator Bala Na’Allah, the director general of Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera, the manging director of Aero, Capt. Ado Sanusi, and the group managing director of Nahco aviance, Mrs. Tokunbo Fagbemi, among others.
