Nigeria Aviation Fire and Safety Association (NAF­SA) is seeking to collaborate with the National Safety In­vestigation Bureau (NSIB) in a bid to build a solid relation­ship with the agency.

Using Comrade as a conduit NAFSA's National President, Sunday Ugbeikwu, stated that the cooperation will ensure even growth of the industry as a whole, this was said on Tuesday when the organization paid NSIB's Abuja headquarters a courtes­y visit.

The meeting was productive, according to Ugbeikwu, who attended the NSIB with the other executive members.

In his speech, Ugbeikwu provided a brief overview of the association's history while highlighting NAFSA's goals and objectives.

He argued that as the NSIB is responsible for conducting investigations into serious occurrences and accidents involving all forms of transportation, cooperation between the two organizations is essential to enhancing system safety.

“Our major objec­tive is to liaise with the rele­vant aviation agencies and or­ganisations in the sector with a view to uplifting, upholding, upscaling and improving the standard or quality of avia­tion fire service

“The major reason for the collaboration is interde­pendency. Firefighters are usually the first responders whereas NSIB is saddled with the responsibility of investi­gating serious incidents and accidents, which normally involve members of NAFSA. It has become imperative to partner with NSIB and es­tablish good rapport to promote synergy and better working relationship,” he said.