Retaining CAT 1 status shows that our capacity has improved, says Sirika
Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said, retaining the US FAA Category One status shows that the capacity of Nigeria aviation has improved when compared with other countries globally.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration Category One Status is an audit that allows direct flights connections between the US and other countries. A country that scales through the audit would be given a Category One certificate by the US FAA.
The implication of retaining the Category One status means passengers flying from Nigeria to the US would get improved services from airlines as well as being guaranteed of their safety at all times.
Sirika disclosed this on Monday during the presentation of the Category One certificate to him by the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, Captain Usman Mukthar at the NCAA Annex at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
In his words: “I thank the DG and his team for doing us proud by retaining the category one certification which has been presented to me. The travelling public might not be aware but we in aviation are aware of the feat”.
Receiving the certificate, the minister thanked Capt Usman for making Nigeria proud, emphasizing that the Category One status is very significant to the industry.
Usman who presented the certification as a birthday gift to the minister said “in 2010, Nigeria attained category one status, in 2014, we sustained it. In 2018, we have been able to retain it.
According to Usman, in-house personnel were used to achieve the feat unlike before when external assistances were sought.
He also read the official email conveyed to him by the FAA Administrator, Mr. Dan Elwell, indicating that the country had scaled the audit exercise.
Nigeria has scaled through a recent re-certification audit conducted on its aviation facilities by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)in November 2017. The audit was conducted by auditors from the FAA.
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