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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is the civil aviation authority of Nigeria. As of 2014 the Director General of NCAA is Captain Muhktar Usman. [1] Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu was Director General till December 2023. [2] Capt. Chris Najomo is the current acting Director-General. [3]
In 1989 the Federal Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA) opened, and the Civil Aviation Department became the FCAA Department of Safety Services. During the same year the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), subordinate to the Ministry of Aviation, was established, and the FCAA no longer had accident investigation responsibilities.
A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role [ edit ]
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Nigerian Correctional Service; Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps; National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) The Civil Defence, Immigration, Prisons, Fire Service Board (CDFIPB) [13]
The earliest known commercial aviation activity in Nigeria is credited to one gentle man, "Bud" Carpenter, who owned the earliest type of the Light aircraft, de Havilland Moth. Records show that he frequently undertook high-risk flights between Kano and Lagos, using the rail tracks as his guide and piling up extra distance in the process.
The name of the bureau was later changed to the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau. As part of the Civil Aviation Act of 2006, the AIB became an autonomous agency and renamed Accident Investigation Bureau. [4] In September 2020 the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of AIB Training School in Nigeria. [5]
Aviation law is the branch of law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns.Some of its area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and, in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of international law due to the nature of air travel.
Asaba International Airport was first conceptualized in 2007 by the administration of Chief James Onanefe Ibori (1999–2007). [11] The overarching objective was to build a standard passenger and cargo airport infrastructure in Asaba, Delta State, capable of handling codes C, D and E aircraft, and to serve as an additional source of revenue for the state. [12]