Nigeria bags ICAN2022 hosting rights

NIGERIA has been given the nod to host the 2022 edition of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation (ICAN2022).

This was made known at the just concluded 13th ICAO ICAN2021 event hosted by the Aeronautica Civil of Colombia from December 6 to 10, in Bogota, Colombia.

In an acceptance response by Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, at the closing ceremony in Bogota, he declared: “On behalf of the nation, it is more than an honour as we are considered as a good candidate that will host ICAN 2022. We accept this offer and I can assure you that you will have a very good time in the culture, the history, the people and places just as you did during the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System and IWAF/3 (ICAO World Aviation Forum 3). We thank you very much for this honour.”

Sirika, while describing ICAN as an important idea by ICAO dealing with discussion bordering on-air service negotiations, added: “ICAN is the solution and way to go. Imagine having to travel over countries  negotiating air services agreements and concluding on certain arrangements. It is a very noble idea of ICAO to have a one-stop-shop for all of those things, to sit, interact and share a common vision and history and of course, arrive at mutual agreement for effective management of civil aviation around the world.

“Today, certainly we are in a different circumstance in view of the challenges we are facing. But as a tradition with civil aviation, it has always survived challenges as it survived the 9/11 attacks, previous global pandemic and so on. ICAN is a central meeting place to conduct bilateral, regional or plurilateral air services negotiations and consultations, as well as networking opportunities for policymakers, regulators, air operators, service providers and other stakeholders.

“ICAN has been highly commended by participating delegations as an efficient platform for conducting air service negotiations. Since its inception, the number of countries that utilizes this facility has steadily increased. So far more than a total of 152 states have participated in and benefited from ICAN at least once.”

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