The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, has revealed that his administration is considering extending the life-span of Air Operators Certificate (AOC) from two to five years.
He said this during an emergency zoom meeting held recently where he appealed to industry stakeholders to submit memoranda that will shape the new Civil Aviation Regulation, CAR. Nuhu urged stakeholders to stand up and be counted, as the new regulation being proposed is meant to enhance the performance of industry players and aid them to realise an appreciable return on their investments in a reasonable time frame.
Nuhu said that the Act will aid in taking care of gaps in the regulation including but not limited to, illegal charter operations, foreign aircraft registration, inconsistent rules such as the conditionality for procuring AOC by schedule commercial operator and the general aviation, among others.
Also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, said the memoranda submitted is too little to represent the large numbers of operators prospecting in the different value chains of aviation in Nigeria.
He appealed to every investors prospecting in air transport to takeout time and contribute to the much-needed diverse opinions needed to shape the much touted reviewed civil aviation regulation in Nigeria.
Meribole said the timeline erstwhile stipulated had since expired but the memoranda submitted would not inspire a fair representation of opinion on salient issues that border on the safe, economic, and secured operation of investors in the fastest-growing sector of the national economy.
