NAMA
MD LOSES FATHER INLAW…fidau prayer
held on Sunday
The 8th day Fidau prayer for
the repose of the soul of Alhaji Rasheed Olatidoye Durodoye who slept in the
Lord on the 26th of July, 2014 was held on Sunday, the 3rd
of August, 2014. The event which attracted people from all walks of life took
place at the playground of Government Technical College, Osogbo. In attendance
were family members, friends and political associates. Expectedly, some NAMA
officials including top management staff were on hand to support the MD and his
family. Engr. Abdulsalam who appreciated the turnout of staff even without
prior notice apologized to the entire workforce for not publicizing the event
which he attributed to sudden unanticipated logistic reasons. Clerics extolled
the exemplary life of Pa Durodoye and urged the children to emulate him.
Approval
has been secured from the Ministry of Aviation for the ceding of Airfield
Lighting and Wildlife/Vegetation Control Departments back to the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) while the Navigational Aids Flight
Inspection Surveillance (Calibration Unit) goes back to the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA). The Managing Director, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam who
disclosed this during a special prayer session organized on Friday at NAMA
headquarters in Lagos noted that the formal handing-over shall be done in a
matter of days, assuring staff of better days to come as fallout. Engr.
Abdulsalam also revealed that approval for the NAMA’s 2014 budget is in the
final stages of approval and thus appealed for patience from staff as this delay
was affecting most of the agency’s activities at the moment.
Management and staff of NAMA began the
month of August with Christian and Muslim prayers held on Friday at NAMA
headquarters in Lagos. According to the Director of Human Resources, Dr. Uwem
Akangson the prayer sessions were organized to seek God’s intervention in the
light of recent loss of NAMA staff in quick succession. The Managing Engr.
Ibrahim Abdulsalam at the event thanked NAMA staff for heeding to the call for
prayers, stressing that “obedience to God should reflect in the way and manner
staff conduct their affairs in the organization”. The duo of Pastor Taiwo Ola
of Christ House Int. Christian Centre and Pastor Uche Akueche of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, who conducted the Christian prayer sessions asked for God’s guidance and protection for
management and staff for the safety of
the Nigerian Airspace. Muslim
prayers were held later in the evening at the Airport Mosque with the MD and other top management staff in
attendance.
As activities increase in the Niger
Delta area in oil exploration, there is also an upsurge of low level flight
operations by Helicopters & Fixed-wing aircraft, with an increasing risk
of mid-air collision. To this end, a team of three experts in Airspace
Planning/Procedures Design and ATC Operations led by the DOO, Mr John Onyegiri
on Wednesday held a crucial meeting with Operators in the area and the outcome was a collaboratively crafted Airspace Structure and Standard Operating
Procedure targeted at improving situational awareness of both ATCOs and
Pilots, to enhance safety of all flights.
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