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NAMA INAUGURATES LAGOS SUB-FIR SECTORIZATION COMMITTEE  
IN a bid to drive implementation of the sectorization of the Lagos sub-Flight Information Region (FIR), the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency hasconstituted a five-man committee to be headed by a Deputy General Manager in the Operations Directorate, Mr AndrewAmedu. Among others, the committee’s terms of reference includes restructuring the Lagos-Kano sub-FIR boundaries with a view to alleviating the cumbersomeness sometimes experienced by pilots with radio frequency changes. When implemented, this move is also expected to reduce the workload of both pilots and Air Traffic Controllers such that Lagos Sector (East)will handle all traffic to the east and South East while Lagos Sector (West) will handle that of west and South West axis of Nigeria. The committee has two weeks to submit its report.

NAMA AUTOMATES STORES REQUISITION PROCESS
AS part of effort to enhance internal communication within the agency, management has approved the training of officers saddled with the responsibility of raising requests for stationeries and other technical equipment on Dynamics AX computer package. The four-day training commencing from June 30 would expose participants to latest skills and trends in automated requisition processes and also ensure faster treatment of stores requests. In a related development, the Information and Communications Technology department of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has installed CYBEROAM device which would facilitate services such as Bandwidth Management and Virtual Private Network, thereby enabling staff even in outstations to remotely log into applications like Microsoft Dynamics AX.

NAMA GETS NEW SLO
A new Security Liaison Officer, Mr Samuel Apev has been appointedfor the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). He takes over from Mr Abdul Eneche who was recently redeployed by the Directorate of State Security Services. The Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam has therefore requested all staff to accord the new SLO the needed support and cooperation.

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