Engineer Ibrahim Abdulsalam, the newly appointed managing director and chief executive officer, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has formally taken over the mantle of leadership from the Engineer Nnamdi Udoh, the outgone MD.
In a brief ceremony that took place at NAMA headquarters, Lagos, last week, Udoh charged management and staff of NAMA to extend the same hand of fellowship and cooperation which saw to the numerous accomplishments of his tenure to his successor, according to Nigerian commercial aviation news.
He recalled that in two years, he achieved several safety critical feats including migration to area radar control, which could not have been possible without the support and cooperation of the entire staff.
“I personally implore the staff to support the new managing director who is one of us and professionally sound to handle the affairs of the agency and take it to a greater height in the provision of quality air navigation services”, Udoh counselled the workforce.
He therefore tasked all members of staff to take the survival of the agency as very critical by rallying round the new Managing Director to ensure the success of his tenure.
Engr. Udoh, who congratulated his successor on his appointment, also enjoined him to be strong and courageous by ensuring unity, equity, love and progress in NAMA as a torchbearer of the organization.
Then former managing director, stressed that having worked with him over time, he stressed his implicit confidence in Engr. Abdulsalam, to be able to consolidate and even improve on the present gains of NAMA in the provision of a safe and seamless airspace in Nigeria.
While presenting the new NAMA MD to staff of the Agency, Mazi Udoh noted among others that: ” The most critical thing I must leave in your hands is that its God that appoints and when God appoints, and you don’t support to such a person, and give your loyalty, you are working against God.”
“I beg all of you today to recognize this fact and support a man whom I believe supports the transformation of our industry and country.So we must continue to support him to work assidously for a better NAMA”.
Udoh noted that he was doing this to ensure tha the staff understood the principle of leadership, adding that if he offended anyone during his tenure, ” please, forgive me and don’t take it against Abdulsalam and I pray that after Abdulsalam, the next MD will come from here(NAMA) “.
In his remarks, Abdulsalam thanked his predecessor for “the giant footprints” he left in the agency and for being a father to all during his tenure.
He noted that he was particularly happy that he would continue to draw from the rich experience of Engr. Udoh, whom he described as a ”senior MD” Nigerian commercial aviation news, added.
While maintaining that “the success of NAMA remains non-negotiable”, he implored all staff to ensure continuity of the current gains of the agency by being dedicated and professional in their duties, saying that staff welfare shall continue to be the focal point of his administration.
The new CEO noted that Udoh and himself have come a long way, saying at a time he was in-charge of installation of navigational aids, Udoh was in-charge of logistics and that he was always going to his office to take delivery of navigational aids to be installed in several parts of the country.