NSIB, NAMA partner to sustain Air Safety, sign MoU

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and the Nigerian Airspace Management agency (NAMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and renewed partnership to promote air safety.

The MoU signed in Abuja today is in line with their inter agency collaboration agenda.

L:R: NSIB DG, Akin Olateru and the DG NAMA, Tayib Odunowo at the signing of Agreement in Abuja.

The main purpose of the agreement according to a statement by the General Manager, Public Affairs, NSIB, Mr. Tunji Oketunbi is to consolidate the existing relationship between NSIB and NAMA on the exchange of information, data sharing during occurrences, among others.

He said, this is to help in the quality and timeliness of investigation of air mishaps in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO Annex 13 and 19 of the 1994 Chicago convention on International Civil Aviation.

Also included in the MoU is the flexibility in all transactions with the mutual agreement of both agencies, upholding the values of cooperation, honesty, mutual respect, openness and professionalism.

The NSIB and NAMA while signing the deal noted that though the MoU is not legally binding, but the two agencies however agreed to perform their respective functions in a manner consistent with the values and principles of the agreement.

The signing of the agreement, had the Bureau’s Director General, Mr Akin Olateru signed on behalf of NSIB, while NAMA Managing Director, Mr. Odunowo Tayib Mohammed, put pen on paper for his Agency.

Mr. Olateru commended NAMA management for rising to the occasion by signing the agreement.

“Collaboration remains the centre point of our drive towards enthroning safety in the aviation industry. We remain committed to promoting safety in the aviation industry to the point of attaining and maintaining zero accident.”

”We, however, cannot do it alone. That is why we have chosen the path of collaboration with agencies and institutions with similar objectives.”