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NCAA ISSUES NEW DIRECTIVE ON PHONES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES: NO MORE AIRPLANE MODE

August 20, 2025 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

NCAA ISSUES NEW DIRECTIVE ON PHONES, ELECTRONIC DEVICES: NO MORE AIRPLANE MODE

Director-General Civil Aviation, (DGCA), Capt. Chris Najomo, has tasked air passengers to ensure they switch off their phones and other portable electronic devices during flight take-off and landing.

He also directed Nigeria’s airline operators to amend their Operations Manuals to reflect this requirement and submit to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for approval.

Capt. Najomo gave these directives yesterday during an emergency National Civil Aviation Security Committee (NCASC) meeting convened by the NCAA in Abuja.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.