Accident Investigation Bureau to review its regulations

Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Nigeria will be hosting a two-day stakeholders’ forum to review its proposed Civil Aviation Regulations of 2019, April 4 – 5, 2019, in Lagos.

The aim of the Forum is to engage stakeholders on the proposed amendments to the Civil Aviation (Investigation of Air Accidents and Incidents) Regulations, 2016, and discuss the promotion of aviation safety.

This Forum will attract stakeholders from different segments of the aviation sector to deliberate on the Bureau’s amended regulations, which will guide the agency in carrying out its statutory functions and activities.

Akin Olateru, commissioner/CEO of AIB, says in a statement, “We are amending our regulations to meet global standards, and the stakeholders input are of great importance. This is in conformance with international best practices.”

Olateru says the Forum is to enable the Bureau review its legal backing as to its duties and processes. The two-day meeting will also feature stakeholders’ conference where the participants will deliberate upon safety and other critical issues.

Among the dignitaries and speakers expected are Hadi Sirika, minister of state (Aviation), Babatunde Irukera, director-general, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Ado Sanusi, managing director, Aero Contractor, and Tokunbo Fagbemi, group managing director NAHCO Aviance, among others.

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ByIfeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.