By Ogechi Okorie
Abuja (Precise Post) – Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned that revocation of operational licence of domestic airline operators will be the penalty for non-compliance with the COVID-19 protocols of the Federal Government.
Precise Post recalls that 213 British nationals were Monday evacuated from Nigeria through the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on a British Airways flight BA9157 .
The NCAA Director General, Musa Nuhu, issued the warning in a letter to all operators (DG39/20) with reference NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/267, dated Sept. 21, on Monday in Lagos.
Newsmen report that the title of the letter was “Non-Compliance with COVID-19 Protocols’’.
Nuhu said the warning was necessary because some domestic airlines had been flouting the protocols.
The director-general added that continuity in that line would attract severe penalties, including revocation of approval.
According to him, the continuous non-compliance with the COVID-19 protocols will attract severe penalties up to and including cancellation of approval to resume domestic operations.
He said: “It has been brought to the notice of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority that some domestic airline operators have not been complying with the COVID-19 protocols.
“These protocols were released through All Operators Letter (AOL) DG035/20 ref. NCAA/DG/AIR/ 11/16/260, dated Sept. 4 and an Advisory Circular (AC) NCAA-AC-AMS-006, also dated Sept. 4.
“Approval for resumption of domestic operations are predicated on compliance with the above protocols.”
Nuhu added that this was a warning to all domestic operators who were not in compliance to desist from such acts immediately.
