The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is set to publish the country’s aviation industry state safety programme (SSP).
The director general of NCAA, Capt Chris Najomo, disclosed this at a stakeholder’s conference held in yesterday in Abuja.
Represented by the director of special duties, Mr. Horatius Egua, the director general said the process of completing the document was being accelerated.
He explained that the SSP is an integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety in civil aviation.
“The document has gone through some of the processes that are required. We have sent out the document to stakeholders for input and we have feedback,” he said.
Najomo further said the document is a requirement of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and it is unique to each member state.
As part of the process to develop the SSP for Nigeria, the director general said the NCAA would play host to a conference of the ICAO-West and Central Africa (WACAF) Regional Office of the African and Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Plan-state Safety Programme (SSP) for Assistant Mission to Nigeria.
Najomo added that NCAA had planned some other programmes like the physical stakeholders meeting in April 2025 as well as an SMS workshop for chief executives because the SSP will not succeed if the helmsmen in the aviation industry are not partners.
He further stated that with technical support from WACAF-ICAO, it would help the NCAA bridge gaps that may not have been covered, adding that the technical mission programme will also help the Authority fast-track the implementation of the SSP programme.
Similarly, the national coordinator of SSP and general manager, air operator certification and surveillance at NCAA, Dr Iteke Chukwunomso said the SSP is an integration of safety activities and safety requirements.
“It’s not that we have not been doing that but now we are going to be more proactive and predictive because we don’t need to wait till an accident happens,” he said.
