….Demand urgent review or repeal
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act ,FCCPA, which was signed into law on February 5, 2019, by President Muhammadu Buhari, has been described as having a faulty extra territorial application as it concerns aviation.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum tagged “Consumer Protection in the Aviation Industry”, held in Lagos, experts from the aviation industry expressed their concerns over some provisions of the new Act which, according to them, have the potential to cause conflict among regulatory agencies and also jeopardise air safety.
Top of the concerns, as raised by the Legal Adviser and Head of Compliance and Enforcement, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, was the area of jurisdiction and oversight as contained in Section 105 of the Act.
The contentious Section 105 states: “In so far as this Act applies to an industry that is subject to the jurisdiction of another…
