The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that data gathering and distribution is one of the major hiccups affecting the growth and stability of the country’s aviation industry.
NCC admitted the data gap and assured that there would be some improvement soon.
Michael Achimugu, the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, stated this recently at the NCAA Consumer Protection National Stakeholders Summit in Lagos with the theme: ‘Achieving Increased Adoption of Digital Technology in Air Travel Customer Complaint Management: The Regulatory Perspective.’
Achimugu, explained that most of the agencies and organisations, including airlines in the sector, churn out inaccurate data to the public without due diligence.
According to him, the NCAA was supposed to be the custodian of data information in the industry, emphasizing that the agency would address the issue very soon.
He said: “We take responsibility for this. We are implementing our method of data collection. We will be more efficient. There is a data problem in the NCAA. There are discrepancies in data collation in the aviation industry and among the airlines. When you go to different organisations, you will get different data from them, including the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and others.”