Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to renew partnership in promoting air safety in Abuja on Thursday.
The Director General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Engineer Akin Olateru, has said that interagency collaboration remains pivotal to achieving air safety.
Olateru said this when the Bureau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in Abuja recently.
The renewed partnership which was in line with it’s interagency collaboration agenda was aimed at promoting air safety.
The Agency explained that 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, the two agencies have 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 sign on behalf of NSIB, while NAMA Managing Director/CEO, Engineer Odunowo Tayib Mohammed, signed for his Agency.
Recall the NSIB recently signed a MoU with Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on cooperation during emergencies even as it has signed similar agreements with various agencies and institutions within and outside the country.
“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.