NAAE Hails Jonathan On Appointment Of NAMA Boss

L-R: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr Jamila Shu’ara; Supervising Minister of Aviation, Dr Samuel Ortom; Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (nimet), Dr Anthony Anuforom, during the 2014 seasonal rainfall prediction in Abuja, recently. Photo: NAN

The National Association
of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE), an umbrella body of the Air Traffic Engineers in the Aviation industry, has hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for demonstrating continuity of the on-going transformation agenda of the government by appointing Ibrahim Abdulsalam as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
A statement by the secretary of NAAE, Mr Ojar Opah, said the appointment of Abdulsalam, a rated Air Traffic Safety Electronics personnel, would consolidate on the gains of the on-going process and continue the transformation programme.
According to NAAE, it was an indication that the president was commitled to sustaining the transformation agenda, adding that in the past two years, every traveler, airport user and aviation stakeholders would confirm without thinking twice that something phenomenal was happening in the Nigerian aviation industry.
The engineers explained that NAMA was currently carrying massive deployment of the best in advanced technologies in communication, navigation and surveillance facilities including Air Field Lighting Systems at various airports.
“No doubt a standard has been set and the government proved her commitment to the transformation agenda by putting square peg on a square hole by looking inwards and appointing an industry expert versatile and dynamic enough to sustain the transformation of the Nigeria Airspace”, the statement said.
They expressed confident that Abdulsalam as a leader, would not only consolidate on the gains but would also look critically into the plan and introduce areas not adequately considered in the master plan.
“As a professional body, safety of the Nigerian airspace is our great concern and we support in totality any policy of government that is aimed at enhancing and sustaining safety at all times. With this appointment, we believe in Nigerian airspace to rank among the safest in the global aviation community in the nearest future even as we are ready to host the FAA and ICAO by the end of the month”, the body declared.