The Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo has assured that the agency was committed to implementing fully the State Safety Programme (SSP) for Nigeria when finalised.
He made this known during the closing ceremony of the ICAO-West and Central Africa (WACAF) Regional Office of the African and Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Plan-state Safety Programme (SSP) for Assistance Mission to Nigeria on Friday in Abuja
The SSP is an integrated set of regulations and activities aimed at improving safety in civil aviation.
It is required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and is unique to each member State.
Najomo noted that the assistance mission has helped Nigeria to implement the noticed gaps in the draft SSP document.
He added: “Nigeria had initiated its SSP processes and had made tremendous progress towards full implementation.
“Nigeria had published the safety management regulations in the Part 20 of the Nig. CARs., developed the draft document for the SSP manual, the draft of its National Aviation Safety Plan (NASP), several guidance for both the industry and the CAA inspectors on the assessment and continuing surveillance of service providers’ SMS. “
Najomo acknowledged that the Regional Officer Safety Implementation WACAF Office, Ms. Sonia Freitas had reviewed the Gap Analysis and SSP Implementation Plan that was presented by Nigeria.
She emphasised that with regards to its compliance with the state safety requirements as detailed in Annex 19 and had provided further guidance to both the NCAA and NSIB on the activities, it has to establish and implement to ensure full implementation of the SSP.
