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NAMA gets 40 additional ATC ratings

Manpower  capacity of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA) has  recorded  a giant leap with the  additional rating of 40 Air Traffic Controllers by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA),a statement by the acting general manager Public Affairs, Olajumoke Adetona said.
The Air Traffic Controllers who cut across different cadres got their ratings after successfully passing the oral, practical and written examinations conducted in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt as well as Benin airports and supervised by the regulatory authority.
A total of 43 Air Traffic Controllers took part in the rigorous rating examinations held between November and December, 2014 on Aerodrome, Approach, Approach Radar, Area/Airways and Area Control Surveillance. Out of this number, forty were successful while three were not.
The   Managing Director of the agency, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam in a reaction ,has commended the Air Traffic Controllers for justifying the huge resources invested in the exercise by coming out with an impressive result. The MD  stated that "as part of management’s strategy to build a robust safety infrastructure across the Nigerian airspace, training and re-training of critical manpower has remained the focal point of his administration.’’
While congratulating the Air Traffic Controllers on their brilliant performance, Engr. Abdulsalam expressed confidence that this latest ratings would further boost the critical manpower need of NAMA especially in Area Radar Control service.
It will be recalled that over  124 Air Traffic Controllers were rated in 2014, just as  a batch of 40 ATCs  were recently trained on Performance Based Navigation Flight Procedures in Cairo, Egypt while another batch of 5 were trained on Wind Shear Equipment handling in Germany.



Olajumoke Adetona
Ag. GM, PA, NAMA hqtrs, Lagos.


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