Nigeria records 91.45% ICAO safety compliance score, Keyamo says
The score comes from the UN aviation agency's validation mission in April and is reported to be the highest since the audit programme began in 1999.
Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo says Nigeria has recorded a 91.45 per cent safety compliance score from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says the figure is the Effective Implementation score from an ICAO Coordinated Validation Mission held between April 15 and 22, 2026. Gazette reports it as the highest since the ICAO audit programme began in 1999.
President Bola Tinubu welcomed the rating and urged the ministry to keep implementing the audit recommendations, according to First Daily. Keyamo has described Nigeria's result in the 2023 audit as very low, the Guardian reports.
Keyamo has set out a five-point agenda for the sector in which strict safety compliance and better ICAO ratings are central, the Guardian adds.
SOURCE: Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
