By Cosmas Okereafor The Lagos Chapter of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has conferred its Outstanding Public Service Award on the Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Terese Ihenachor. According to her citation by the association, Engr Ihenachor was being recognised “for…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) wishes to alert the general public on the activities of unscrupulous individuals impersonating the agency and issuing fraudulent recruitment and appointment letters to unsuspecting members of the public.NAMA views this disturbing development with serious concern, particularly as these fraudulent schemes are calculated to exploit innocent job…
By Cosmas Okereafor Nigeria’s aviation sector received another major boost today as a high-powered delegation from Etihad Airways formally announced plans to resume flight operations to Nigeria during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), in Abuja.The Etihad Airways delegation was led by Capt….
By Dr Abdullahi Musa. Every safe landing conceals an intricate architecture of technology, engineering precision and human expertise that few passengers ever notice. Modern aviation owes its remarkable safety record not merely to sophisticated aircraft, but to the invisible systems that guide every flight from departure to destination. Those systems are neither accidental nor inexpensive….
Over the years, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has maintained a safe and stable air navigation environment. The agency under the leadership of it’s Managing Director/Chief Executive, Engr. Farouk Ahmed Umar entered 2026 with the enormous responsibility of sustaining safe, efficient and reliable air navigation services amid rising aircraft movements, aging infrastructure, funding constraints…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Joint Action Committee of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called for the commercialisation or privatisation of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), describing the recommendation as both timely and necessary.Without a doubt, commercialising or privatising NAMA would unlock access to private equity, private financing, international bonds, and capital markets,…
By Cosmas Okereafor The National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) have stepped in to resolve the brewing friction between the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and its retirees over outstanding pension adjustments. At the core of the dispute were harmonised pension benefits and adjustments spanning…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Engr. Farouk Ahmed Umar has reiterated that the country is at the risk of losing its airspace surveillance service due to the obsolete state of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) equipment because of the difficulties in getting spare parts as…
By Cosmas Okereafor As part of efforts to modernize the Nigerian airspace infrastructure, a team of NAMA officials is currently at the Rhode and Schwarz factory in German on a Factory Assessment Test (FAT) of critical communication equipment needed to enhance the efficiency of the agency’s air – ground communication infrastructure. Led by the Managing…
