NSIB, BAGAIA collaborate to boost safety investigation agencies

<p>The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) have entered into a partnership in a bid to improve the capacity of Safety Investigation Agencies.</p>, <p>Speaking in Abuja at the closing of a peer review programme hosted by the NSIB, the Commissioner, Engr. Akin Olateru said the aim of the programme is to boost the capability of Agencies in the Investigation of Civil Aviation Accidents and Serious Incidents.</p>, <p>“Today brings to an end the European Union (EU), EASA/ BAGAIA programme in Nigeria. Nigeria has been chosen as a pilot, We are the first to have this programme. It is an EU-sponsored programme .</p>, <p>The Commissioner of BAGAIA, Engr. Charles Erhuah, in his address, said the programme would enable Member States to meet their safety Regulations and ICAO Annex 13 requirements.</p>, <p>“One important achievement of BAGAIA in the last few years has been zero accident/ hull losses in our individual airspaces. This has improved our collective safety records and has removed our airlines from various blacklists worldwide.</p>, <p>“This means our individual and collective safety recommendations are being heeded, and they are helping to create a safer Airspace.”</p>, <p>He further stated, ‘We will also look at how we can infuse technology to make our primary responsibility seamless and also ensure we have well-trained investigators who will midwife a new set of investigators into the field to create capacity that will replace our fast-aging breed of professionals.</p>, <p>“As we commence this review, may our commitment towards a safer sky for our states, the BAG region, and indeed the globe not waiver as whatever we do here will resound in the echoes of time and have a safety impact on generations to come,” Erhuah noted.</p>