The
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has named Nollywood actress
Miss Benita Nzeribe as air safety ambassador for Nigeria.
The
managing director of the agency, Engr. Mazi Nnamdi Udoh at the occasion
held at NAMA headquarters in Lagos on Monday, disclosed that the choice
of Miss Nzeribe was informed by her interest and enthusiasm in the
aviation sector and her patriotic zeal to promote air safety in Nigeria.
He
enjoined Miss Nzeribe to use her position as a Nollywood star to
propagate the activities of NAMA and to take the message home that the
Nigeria airspace is safe, and that air travel is cheaper considering the
speed and comfort compared to other modes of transportation.
The
agency, according to the NAMA boss “is striving to sustain an
environment that promotes air safety particularly in the area of
surveillance for pilots to fly with less talking from the controllers,
where pilots can fly more directly to their airports of destination and
this is called direct air navigation.”
He told
the new air safety ambassador that the agency is also doing a lot in the
area of manpower development, saying that the “sophisticated equipment
deployed by the agency would have to be manned by Nigerians”
Udoh,
charged Miss Nzeribe to let Nigerians know that contrary to what some
people think that there is no surveillance in the Niger Delta, the
agency’s radar captures flights in that region but would soon deploy
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast [ADS-B] to capture low flying
aircraft like helicopters to enhance safety and revenue.
In her
remarks, Miss Nzeribe expressed gratitude to NAMA for finding her worthy
of this appointment, stressing that she would do her best to justify
the confidence reposed in her.
Nzeribe ,
noted that she is highly delighted to discover that the Nigerian
aviation sector is managed by a crop of highly trained, responsible and
dedicated personnel, working tirelessly to enhance safety in the
Nigerian airspace.
She also
extolled the virtues of NAMA MD Engr. Udoh whom she described as
extremely intelligent and dedicated who would not blow his trumpet in
spite of his laudable achievements in a short space of time.
Source:Nigerianaviationnews
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