Government To Begin Audit Of All Airlines Operating In Nigerian Airspace

The Nigerian government has ordered the immedi­ate audit of airlines operating in the nation’s airspace.

The directive came following a spate of incidences in recent weeks involving ground collision of aircraft by local and international airlines, aborted flights mid-air, and last week’s crash of a Bristow helicop­ter, which claimed six lives in Lagos. The govern­ment, which viewed the accident that took the lives of six oil workers seriously has also sent out a stern warning to all pilots to take precautionary measures during adverse weather conditions in the country.


There have been speculations linking the vari­ous incidences in the industry to acts of sabotage by some persons set to tarnish the image of the new gov­ernment before citizens and the international com­munity and for which a comprehensive audit could help plug likely loopholes in airlines and the industry exploited by such persons.

Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Muhtar Usman, told jour­nalists in Lagos that the government had “directed an immediate commencement of a comprehensive audit of all the airlines operating in the country. “This directive was to forestall complacency among the airline operators and ensure that they all continue to demonstrate absolute compliance to NCAA’s reg­ulations,” Usman said.
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