By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA—THE House of Representatives, yesterday, mandated the Committee on Aviation (when constituted) to probe the activities of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, with a view to ensuring the safety and reliability of Nigeria’s air planes and airspace.

This was sequel to a motion entitled Urgent Need to Screen Domestic Air Planes Operating in Nigeria’s Airspace to Ensure Operational Reliability, promoted by Henry Archibong, which noted that some of the commercial air planes are over 20 years old and have been written off in the countries from where they were purchased.

He explained that most plane crashes that had been recorded in the country resulted from the use of outdated air planes, poor maintenance of same and lack of supervision from the relevant authorities.

The House also mandated the committee on Legislative Compliance (when constituted) to monitor the level of compliance of the NCAA and NAMA.

The House presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, unanimously adopted the motion.