Returning NCAA workers go into self isolation, agency issues guidelines

• Suspends inspections, exchanfe programmes, others

In a bid to protect its workforce from COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued guidelines to its workers.

The agency in its detailed guidelines for officers of the authority asked those who recently travelled abroad to self-isolate for 14 days among sundry other measures upon their return to Nigeria.

The aviation regulatory body has compiled details of all NCAA staff already on any official assignments or trainings to a country where there is community transmission of COVID-19. It is to be forwarded to the Office of the Director General and the General Manager, Aero Medical Standards.

“As a corollary, all pending inspections, training and various exchange programmes in involving foreign trips are suspended forthwith”, the authority said.

To complement all these, the authority had also directed that the 2020 Promotion Exercise for staff scheduled to hold on 4th April, 2020 be suspended till further notice.

This postponement, the Authority said is in line with advice given by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Organisations to avoid large gatherings as part of precautionary measures to curb spread of the virus.

“NCAA wishes to enjoin all travelling public and other stakeholders to comply with all the directives issued to curb the spread of the global pandemic” , Sam Adurogboye, NCAA spokesman said in a statement.