The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
(NCAA) on Monday said Nigeria had attained another high level safety
rating which placed it amon the world leaders in aviation safety.
The NCAA made the announcement in a
statement by its General Manager, Public Relations, Mr Sam Adurogboye
and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
The statement stated that the country
climbed to Level three State Safety Programme (SSP) Implementation
Process, joining countries like the United States of America, United
Kingdom and others in thr echelon.
“This categorisation is dependent on
the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which tracks
the SSP implementation process of member-states via its Integrated
Safety Trend Analysis and Reporting System (iSTARS).
“Member states in tandem, therefore,
deploy this platform to undertake Gap Analysis, define their action
plans and benchmark their progress.
“Only two member states-Australia and
Sri Lanka- have achieved full implementation of the SSP according to
ICAO records.
Nigeria is striving to achieve Level
Four, which is 100 per cent by the end 0f 2017,” it said.
According to the statement, the SSP
process is inaugurated in member countries in compliance with the
ICAO requirements as contained in Annex 19 on Safety Management.
The statement added that Nigeria’s
advanced level had put its SSP implementation process among states
that defined an action plan for all non-implemented Gap questions.
It said in other words, Nigeria had
completed its Gap Analysis, implemented 43.6 per cent of the required
SSP tasks.
” In addition, the country has
developed a detailed action plan for the accomplishment of the
outstanding tasks with an established and approved timeline.
“In pursuant to this, Nigeria has
commenced the implementation of the SSP processes and has achieved
several milestones.
“These include the completion of the
SSP Gap Analysis and the establishment of the Implementation Plan
approved by the Director General-General (DG), NCAA.
“Other completed SSP tasks are the
official authorisation of the DG, NCAA as the Accountable Executive
of the SSP and the designation of the NCAA as the Placeholder
Organisation of the SSP in Nigeria by the Minister of State
(Aviation), Sen. Hadi Sirika.”
It said the approval and publication of
the State Safety Policy Statement, the Enforcement Policy in an
SSP-SMS environment, including Nigeria’s Voluntary and Confidential
Reporting System, were among the tasks that have been concluded.
According to the statement, the ICAO
Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) has recognised the relevance of
establishing and maintaining fundamental safety oversight systems as
a prerequisite to the full implementation of an SSP.
“Member-states with robust safety
oversight system have been called upon to progress towards full
implementation of SSP.
“An SSP is an integrated set of
regulations and activities aimed at improving aviation safety which
will be monitored through Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme
(USOAP) and Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) after such a state
has achieved an Effective Implementation (EI) of over 60 per cent.
“It is required that states that have
achieved EI levels of over 60 per cent should endeavour to fully
implement SSP by 2019.
“Nigeria achieved an EI Level of
67.36 per cent during the immediate past ICAO USOAP Audit in March
2016 which is above world average of 63.54 per cent. ”
It noted that with the achievement, the
NCAA would continue to ensure that air transportation in Nigeria was
seamless, safe and secure at all times.
It, therefore, urged airline operators
to take advantage of the robust regulation and adhere to all safety
regulations contained in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations
(Nig.CARs).
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