President Muhammadu Buhari has
ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful
Seizure of Aircraft (Hague Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010).
Buhari also ratified the Protocol
to Amend the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety
of Civil Aviation (The Montreal Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010).
A statement signed on Wednesday by Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu disclosed that
the President ratified the instruments on November 22, 2019.
The statement reads: ‘According
to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the Beijing Protocol
supplements the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft,
done at The Hague on 16 December 1970 (The Hague Convention, 1970).
“To this end, the Protocol
expands the scope of The Hague Convention to cover different forms of aircraft
hijackings, including through modern technological means.
“President Buhari also ratified
the Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts
Committed on Board Aircraft (Montreal Protocol 2014) as well as the protocol to
Amend Article (50a) and Article 56 of the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Chicago Convention of December 1944) (Montreal Protocol 2016).
“The President also ratified the
Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between the Government of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“With the execution of these
Instruments, it is expected that Nigeria’s aviation links with the UAE will
improve significantly.
“The Federal Executive Council
had at its meeting of October 16, 2019, approved the ratification and the
preparation of the requisite Instruments of Ratification of the aforementioned
treaties and conventions. “
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