Accolades As NAMA Boss Clocks One Year In Office
Presidents of professional associations in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) say the one year in office by the current Managing Director, Engr. Umar Farouk has witnessed massive transformation in the agency.
Speaking in separate interviews on the assessment of Engr. Farouk style of administration, the presidents noted that workers of the agency can heave sigh of relief as they were now being carried along with the pace of development.
The President of the Aeronautical Information Management Association of Nigeria (AIMAN), Dr. Ibrahim Audu, said the recent achievement of the ISO 9001of 2015 certification of NAMA was one of the great things that had ever happened to the agency with tremendous significant in the industry.
According to Dr. Audu, it showed how acceptable the quality of products offered and professionals in NAMA were made of adding that the MD as an engineer has followed strictly the ICAO standards in order to raise the bar in the agency.
Audu remarked that within one year, Farouk was able to implement the agency’s approved Condition of Service, trained and retrained a lot of professionals and other staff of the agency.
“In terms of international courses, the Managing Director did not leave any stone unturned to ensure that every professional staff in the agency is well trained and he is achieving that”
“Today, every worker is happy, receiving arrears from the condition of service as their morale have been boosted by the Managing Director of NAMA.”
He noted that staff welfare had never been toyed with as it remained paramount in the administration of the NAMA boss.
Also speaking on the achievement of Engr. Farouk, the President of National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) Engr. Selzing Miri, commended the NAMA boss for the manner and way the issue of workers welfare was handled.
Miri, also noted, that he has performed well in the area of training, saying that NAMA will be an enviable organization to the world should he continue the way he has piloted the affairs of the organization.
Miri however remarked that the burden on the agency arising from the revenue deduction was enormous but expressed hope that when given adequate fund, the NAMA boss will excel judging by what he achieved in one year.
On his part, the president of National Association of Air Traffic Communicators of Nigeria (NACAN) Alhaji Mohammed Sani, said in the past one year of Engr Farouk, that there was no tension, in-house fighting between unions and the agencies as he has brought every one together to foster unity and development.
Sani said the welfare of workers has been improved upon as workers were happy with the management as they were being carried along without discrimination, noting that relationships with the unions have improved.
According to Sani, for the first time in the history of NAMA, three courses for communications department were going on in the college of Aviation in Zaria. He commended the Farouk led team for encouraging local and international trainings even with the little resources available.
