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Union Charges NCAA On Staff Training, Infrastructure
The National Union
of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has tasked the management of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on staff training and improved state of infrastructure.
According to a statement issued on Wednesday, a copy of which was made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt and signed by the NUATE Secretary, Comrade Olayinka Abioye, there have been lackadaisical attitudes on the part of the management of NCAA in training and retraining of staff working with the Aviation Authority.
Abioye said that there is also poor state of office infrastructure at the NCAA, stressing that such a state of infrastructure is inimical to staff conveniences and motivation to work.
He said that NCAA management has failed profoundly to enhance and engender human capital development through routine training and re-training of its personnel which is paramount in the discharge of staff responsibilities to airline operations and inspection.
The NUATE scribe said that the insensitivity of NCAA management to staff is posing grave danger to the aviation industry, adding that staffs are not equipped with the requisite knowledge in line with contemporary development in the aviation industry.
The union said that infrastructure has become decadent and obsolete to the extent that pieces of furniture, working tools, including computers and other accessories are all in a deplorable state within NCAA offices.
The union therefore demanded for immediate NCAA management approved staff training commencement to save the aviation industry from its parlous state.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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