NIGERIA'S AIRSPACE SAFEST GLOBALLY.

MINISTER OF AVAITION STELLA ODUAH SAYS THE NIGERIAN AIRSPACE IS THE SAFEST IN THE WORLD.

WHILE FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM STATE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS IN ABUJA ON WEDNESDAY SHE SAID THAT AIR TRANSPORTATION IN THE COUNTRY REMAINED THE SAFEST MODE OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEBUNKED THE INSINUATION IN SOME QUARTERS THAT THE NIGERIAN AIRSPACE WAS NOT SAFE FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT.

''I LISTEN AND I HEAR PEOPLE SAY OUR AIRSPACE IS NOT SAFE, THAT IS NOT TRUE, WE HAVE THE SAFEST AIRSPACE IN THE WORLD,WE ARE VERY VERY SAFE,WHAT HAPPENED HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SAFETY NETS OF OUR AIRSPACE, ABSOLUTELY NOT, IT DOESN'T.

'' AND SO I WANT TO ASSURE NIGERIANS THAT WHAT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY WILL NOT REOCCUR BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

''WE WILL DO ANYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE ENHANCE OUR SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND WE ARE DOING THAT NOW TO ENSURE THAT NCAA BECOMES MUCH MORE STRONGER AND THEIR REGULATORY OVERSIGHT DUTY IS ENHANCED.
ACCORDING TO HER,THE ECONOMIC REGULATORY ASPECT OF NIGERIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (NCAA) WILL BE STRENGTHENED TO MONITOR DOMESTIC AIRLINES ON A REGULAR BASIS.