Nigeria’s aviation stakeholders pledge support for 25th LAAC Conference
In a bid to chart a path forward for a thriving aviation industry in the face of challenges, stakeholders in Nigeria’s aviation industry have pledged their support for the 25th Annual Conference organised by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) slated for July 28, 2021.
The conference, which has the theme: ‘Nigeria Aviation Industry: Management, Policy, and Regulation,’ is the 25th edition of the series and would hold at Sheraton Hotels, Lagos, Nigeria.
Major stakeholders that will be part of the event include the Ministry of Aviation, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
Other participants include the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N), the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, airlines, and ground handlers, among others.
Expressing their commitments to the forthcoming event, the NCAA, which is the umpire of the industry, has assured of its unflinching support for the league at such critical times that the industry needs direction.
Expressing the agency’s support in the affirmative, the Director-General, NCAA, Capt Musa Nuhu, prayed for the success of the conference as it is within the agency’s purview to promote any project aimed at tackling challenges in the industry.
He said: “We continue to partner with the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) for a successful outing as scheduled. This is in line with our resolve to invest in project(s) that could elicit solutions to the myriad of challenges confronting air travel in the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
“We look forward to a fruitful deliberations and stronger industry.”
The 25th LAAC Conference and Awards 2021 is expected to be attended by over 250 aviation industry professionals; physically and virtually, cutting across the aviation agencies, security agencies, international and domestic airlines operating in Nigeria, aviation support services, travel trade sellers and buyers, and captains of the aviation industry in Nigeria.
Mr. Chinedu Eze, the Chairman, Conference Committee, LAAC, said that top aviation personalities would deliver insightful papers on a wide range of topical issues in aviation at the annual conference.
According to him, outstanding stakeholders made up of individuals and corporate organisations who had distinguished themselves in the industry would also be honoured with various industry awards at the event.
Eze further stated that the 24th edition of the conference was held virtually on July 18, 2020, due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which crippled lots of global economies.
