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The Commissioner /
Chief Executive of Nigeria’s Accident Investigations Bureau (AIB), Dr. Felix Abali, has stressed the importance for aviation professionals to maintain the standard of their profession and aspire higher to be reckoned with in the world.
In a speech in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to mark the World Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) day recently, Dr Abali said that all over, the aviation sector was undergoing a rapid transformation and becoming more technical and technologically driven.
“There is a growing need for the proper integration of man and machine, including training for effective operation in a seamless environment of zero tolerance for delays in safety critical Aeronautical Information dissemination”, he said.
Abali noted that the implementation of AIS automation in Nigeria was long over due, adding that measures were being taken to actualize it, pointing out that safety delivery was a huge responsibility on AIS Professionals needed to rededicate themselves towards the provision of a quality assured aeronautical data.
According to him, the role of effective and efficient air navigation cannot be over emphasized, hence the need to comply effectively.
The AIB boss implored the management of NCAA and NAMA to train and motivate all AIS Staff for effective delivery of the risk a head of them, adding that capacity development was a vital solution to the growing cases of human factors which accounted for most of the accidents and serious incidents in the aviation industry.
He remarked that safety remained the primary concern of the aviation community  Worldwide including military, Civil, scheduled and non-scheduled flight operations, chartered flight or commercial aviation using any form of aircraft.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace  Management Agency (NAMA), Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulsalam, has acknowledged the pivotal role being played by members of AIS, saying that it was essential to NAMA.
Abdulsalam who was represented by the Director of Human Resources of NAMA Dr Uwen Akason, said data management and processing were vital to airspace users.
He assured them of the management’s support in training, stating that the agency has fashioned out ways of increasing its internally generated revenue to meet its internal request from staff.
The NAMA boss assured of government’s resolve to complete the AIS automation, stressing the need for team work among staff in order to lift the agency.