On Friday, 5th December, 2025, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), at its Corporate Headquarters in Abuja, hosted a high-level technical presentation on the Implementation of the Civil Aviation State Safety Programme (ICVIM), the State Safety Programme (SSP), and Safety Management Systems (SMS) by the Banjul Accord Group Aviation Safety Oversight Organisation (BAGASOO).
The engagement highlighted a comprehensive collection of advanced tools, updated manuals, and strengthened regulations designed to enhance aviation safety standards across the sub-region.
The Director, Special Duties at NCAA, Dr Horatius Egua, commended the rapid progress made on SSP development over the past year, emphasising the importance of collaborative efforts in building a performance-driven safety system under renewed national commitment.
BAGASOO’s Executive Director, Ms Jailza Silva, who led the core presentations, highlighted ongoing collaborations on 2023 regulatory updates, audits, and capacity-building initiatives.
Discussions covered the review of the Civil Aviation Act, amendments to Safety Management Regulation Part 19, alignment with ICAO Annex 19, and the introduction of a new civil aviation occurrence-reporting regulation, a process complicated by emerging privacy and data-sharing constraints.
Key deliverables unveiled included an enhanced SMS evaluation framework, updated Inspector Handbooks (Volumes 1–3), risk-based surveillance guides, hazard taxonomy frameworks, compliance manuals, and a continuous safety monitoring dashboard.
The NCAA also revealed that its in-house reporting tool is nearing 85 per cent completion, with full deployment expected by early 2026.
In attendance at the hybrid meeting were participants from BAGASOO, the NCAA’s Ground Maintenance Committee, SSP teams, operators, and service providers.