NSIB, NAMA, Seal Deal To Promote Air Safety.

By Helen Udoh, Outlook Media ABUJA.

The safety of the Nigerian air space has received a boost as the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau
(NSIB) and the Nigerian airspace management agency ( NAMA) in line with their inter agency
collaboration agenda today in Abuja entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement
and renewed partnership to promote air safety.

This was contained in a statement signed by Tunji Oketunmbi and made available to Outlook Media on Wednesday in ABUJA.

According to the statement”The main purpose of the agreement was to consolidate the existing relationship between NSIB and
NAMA on the exchange of information, and data sharing during occurrences, among others, that can
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 was the flexibility in all transactions with the mutual agreement of both
agencies, upholding the values of cooperation, honesty, mutual respect, openness and professionalism .

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, which took place at the NSIB Abuja headquarters had the Bureau
Director General, Engr. Akin Olateru signed on behalf of NSIB, while NAMA Managing Director/ CEO
Engr. Odunowo Tayib Mohammed, put pen on paper for his Agency.

The NSIB recently signed a MoU with Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on
cooperation during emergencies even as the agency has signed similar agreements with various
agencies and institutions within and outside the country.

Said Olateru, “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.”
He added: ”We, however, cannot do it alone. That is why we have chosen the path of collaboration with
agencies and institutions with similar objectives.”
He commended NAMA management for rising to the occasion by signing the agreement.