Senegal has changed its decision to resign from the Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).
On 15 November, Senegal had, through its Transportation Minister, Farba Senghor, confirmed its willingness to withdraw from the agency as Dakar was not satisfied with its services.
Senegal’s decision to withdraw from ASECNA was « irrevocable », Mr Senghor echoed at a press conference before stressing that a commission was set up to assess the modalities including the potential moving of the agency’s headquarters to another country.
According to the minister, the move to withdraw from ASECNA would enable Dakar to “ensure the safety of its airspace as of May 2008 through a Senegalese aerial safety Agency that was to be set up in the “coming days”.
In early November, Senegal had announced its decision to withdraw the management of its airports and airfields from ASECNA, arguing that the country “loses 50 billion CFA Francs per year due to ASECNA’s inadequate investment in the equipment, training and upgrading of the facilities”.
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