The aviation regulatory agency in Nigeria has been restructured.
The restructuring which Director General of NCAA, Capt Musa Nuhu said was approved by the Federal Government has seen the directorates reduced from nine to six.
According to Nuhu, the new and retained Directorates are: Airworthiness Standards (DAWS), Operations, Licensing and Training (DOLT), Air Transport Regulations (DATR), Aerodrome and Airspace Standards (DAAS), Finance and Accounts (DFA) and the Directorate of Human Resources and Administration (DHR&A):
The Directorates of Consumer Protection ( DCP) and General Aviation ( DGA) have been phased out.
While the DCP is merged with DATR, the DGA is subsumed under the Directorate of
Airworthiness Standards;
ISimilarly, two (2) new Directors have been appointed by the FG to take charge of the
Directorates of Airworthiness Standards (DAWS) and Operations, Licensing and
Training (DOLT). The newly appointed Directors who are aviation professions with
several decades of industry experience in their areas of expertise in the Aviation
Industry are Engineer Kayode Ajiboye for DAWS and Captain Elisha Bahago for DOLT
The approved restructuring is aimed at repositioning the NCAA for effective and
efficient service delivery and also to entrench a robust Safety Oversight System in line
with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended
Practices, while enabling the regulatory body resolve current and emerging challenges facing the industry.
