AIB turns NSIB, takes multimodal role in transport accident investigation
Following the repeal of the Act that established the Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria in 2006, the Bureau’s name has been changed to National Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), as the new NSIB Act 2022 has been assented to by President Muhammed Buhari.
TW gathered that the new NSIB Act was gazette into law by the Supreme Court on November 28, 2022.
With this new role, the Bureau can now investigate serious incidents and accidents in the aviation industry, maritime, rail and road following the repeal of the AIB Act.
In a statement, the NSIB Commissioner, Akin Olateru, said multimodal has become the future of transportation accident investigation.
”Multimodal is widely accepted as the future of transport accident investigation and the transition has always been made from the extant air accident investigating agency. It has become expedient that the provision of Section 29 of the Civil Aviation Act (CAA) be reviewed to establish the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) in a separate Act to bring it up to speed with contemporary global best practices to create a multimodal bureau of investigation for air, rail and maritime accidents.
“The purpose of the NSIB is not intended for apportioning blame, but to provide technically accurate, appropriate and timely information which can be used to implement measures to prevent re-occurrences and potentially mitigate the damages caused by such accidents,” he said.
