. suspends foreign trainings, inspections, promotion exams
To protect its workforce from the scourge of coronavirus outbreak tagged COVID-19, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has directed its officials who have recently travelled abroad to self-isolate for 14 days while it had also suspended all foreign trips as well as staff promotion examinations which was slated for April 4, 2020
A statement signed by the spokesman said the directive among sundry other measures are expected to take upon their return to Nigeria and before returning to their offices.
It said.the directive was for compilation of details of all NCAA staff already on any official assignments or trainings to any country where there is community transmission of COVID-19..
“This is just as a directive for compilation of details of all NCAA staff already on any official assignments or trainings to a country where there is community transmission of COVID-19. This is to be forwarded to the Office of the Director General and the General Manager, Aero Medical Standards.
“As a corollary, all pending inspections,, trainings and various exchange programmes that have to do with foreign trips.
” As a corollary, all pending inspections, trainings and various exchange programmes involving foreign trips are suspended forthwith.
“To complement all these, the Authority has also directed that the 2020 Promotion Exercise for staff scheduled to hold on April 4, 2020 be suspended till further notice. This postponement is in line with advice given by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Organisations to avoid large gatherings as part of precautionary measures to curb spread of the virus.”
The civil aviation regulatory authority therefore enjoined all travelling public and other stakeholders to comply with all the directives issued to curb the spread of the global pandemic.
