NCAA uncovers illegal fuel suppliers at airports

<p>The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has discovered some unapproved JET A1 marketers who have infiltrated Nigerian airports and are supplying the commodity to unsuspecting airlines.</p>, <p>It made this discovery while investigating the source of jet fuel contamination, which Max Air was a victim.</p>, <p>The Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, in a Zoom meeting with aviation correspondents on Thursday, revealed that the infiltration of unregistered marketers was discovered during a meeting with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission/Department of Petroleum Resources.</p>, <p>These unregistered fuel suppliers, he noted, were operating at Nigeria’s airports illegally.</p>, <p>He said the Authority was furnished with a list of approved aviation fuel companies by the DPR, but discovered that some suppliers currently operating at the airports were not on the list.</p>, <p>He however said the NCAA planned to intimate the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria about the development with a view to barring the illegal operators.</p>, <p>He said, “Investigation is ongoing, we are doing this in collaboration with the DPR and we have got the list of all companies approved by the DPR; we found out that some were not approved, we will write FAAN about this to ensure they withdraw their services until they meet all requirements.</p>, <p>“Any Jet A1 supplier must be approved because it needs a lot of standards. Although, there was a gap between the DPR and NCAA, that has been closed. The issue of fuel contamination is not acceptable; no international airline has also reported fuel contamination but it is an alarming thing that needs to be looked into. We have set up a committee comprising representatives of relevant agencies to look at the entire system and make recommendations. But, it is still the responsibility of the airline, the pilot to check his fuel.”</p>, <p>Also, a reliable source who would not want to be quoted in the NCAA, said the Authority identified the companies involved in the recent sale