House committee on aviation to meet with NCAA over new ground handling charges

Nigeria’s House of Representatives committee on aviation has announced that it will.be having a closed door meeting with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the controversial newly approved safety threshold handling rates for indigenous and international carriers.

Chairman of the Committee, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji at an earlier meeting with the representatives of the Aviation Ground Handling Association of Nigeria (AGHAN), Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Airline Operators Committee (AOC), International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and NCAA in Abuja on Wednesday had said that the meeting with the regulatory agency became necessary because of the importance of the new rates.

Nnaji while assuring that the committee would continue to protect the interest of Nigeria and business entities operating in the country, declared: ‘The meeting with the Director-General of NCAA is important because we believe his inputs is necessary for us to take a decision. The issue at hand is very important for the growth of the Nigerian civil aviation industry.
”Whatever we are going to come out with as a committee will be for the good of the industry.”

However, no new date has been fixed for continuation of hearing on the matter, but Nnaji assured that the committee would reconvene soon.

The Committee had last week adjourned meeting for this Wednesday on the new handling rates for ground handling companies in Nigeria.

The House of Representatives Committee had advised that the new aircraft ground handling rate of $3900 be temporarily put on hold till after the next meeting with the stakeholders.

AON and AOC had earlier petitioned the committee for its intervention over the new rate.

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