A team of auditors from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has commenced the ICAO Universal Security Audit Programme for airports across the country.The security audit, which commenced on Sunday, began at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos by the ICAO team made up of four members.
According to the General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke, the team will look at the areas of regulatory framework and the national civil aviation security system, training of aviation security personnel, quality control functions, airport operations, aircraft and in-flight security, as well as passenger and baggage security.
The others are cargo, catering and mail security, response to acts of unlawful interference and the security aspects of facilitation.
A statement by the ICAO on Sunday in Lagos, the members of the audit team are Karen Zadoyan, Steven Neu, Nuno Miguel Silva Ferreira Fortes and Wendy Mueller and that the audit will run for about nine days.
“In our preparations, adjustments have been made in some areas. These are in response to ICAO’s compliance checklist, state aviation security activity questionnaire, state corrective action plan and review of all relevant NCAA aviation security documentation, which include the national civil aviation security programme.
“Others are the national civil security training programme, national civil aviation security quality control programme, and scheduled inspections, surveys and audits of airports nationwide,” the statement said.
The Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman, said the objective of the audit was to determine the states’ capability for security oversight by assessing the implementation of the critical elements of a security oversight system.
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Reporting by Babatunde Akinsola in Lagos, Nigeria.
