NAMA takes ownership of navigational aid equipment from NCAA

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has officially handed over ownership of the Navigational Aids Flight Inspection and Surveillance (NAFIS) hangar to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).

The handover ceremony, which took place at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, featured the signing of documents by top officials of the two agencies and was witnessed by representatives of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.

The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Musa, revealed that the week-long activities included an inspection of the premises and verification of assets listed in the inventory sent to the ministry by the regulatory agency ahead of the handover.

Some of the assets ceded to NAMA include the hangar, an unserviceable calibration aircraft (HS-125), a ground power generator, a flight calibration laboratory, a library, and offices, among others.

The representative of the Managing Director of NAMA and Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services, Engr. Terese Iheanacho, in her remarks after the handover, expressed optimism that NAMA’s takeover of the facility would not only boost the agency’s capacity for air navigation system calibration in the country but also enhance seamlessness and efficiency in its operations.

“You would recall that the Federal Government, in a bid to reposition NAFIS as a key player providing efficient flight calibration services globally, transferred the operation of the Beechcraft King Air 350i flight calibration aircraft with registration marking 5N-CAA and its crew to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA),” she stated.

She disclosed that NAMA has developed an indigenous flight calibration crew with the capacity to undertake routine and commissioning flight calibration services.

With this development, she said, NAMA is now fully prepared to extend its flight calibration services beyond the shores of Nigeria.