L:R: Mrs. Carol of PA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, GM Public Affairs NCAA receiving the award on behalf of the DG NCAA at the event from the rep.of the DG NiMet, Idowu Oluwaseun
.….as Prof. Matazu, Pwajok others shine at the Award
Following his outstanding performance in sustaining the oversight function of the industry, especially safety regulation of the operations of airlines, the Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu has won this year’s prestigious Air Transport Industry “Aviation Man of the Year”.
Captain Nuhu, has been able to inject a pragmatic touch of innovations and visionary foresightedness which has succeeded in lifting the regulatory work of the agency to an impressively commendable height.
According to the Publisher of Air Transport Quarterly Magazine, the organizer of the annual industry award, Prince ‘Supo Atobatele, Nuhu’s reformation, zeal and dynamism has undoubtedly contributed in no mean measure to the continental and global impact which the Nigerian aviation sector has been able to record in recent times.
It stands out as a tribute to his impressive array of sterling qualities that over three years since assumption of office, his firm stance on safety, has been able to keep the airspace safe and secure devoid of crisis.
The Industry Award, third in the series for the Aviation Industry and Business & Economy sector, was held on Thursday at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Annex, near the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Coincidentally, NCAA which Capt. Nuhu superintends also clinched the Aviation Agency of the Year for maintaining industry safety.
At the impressive ceremony, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Board (NSIB) received an award as the ATQ Most Innovative Aviation Agency of the Year, while the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) had two separate awards as Acting Managing Director Mr. Matthew Lawrence Pwajok, won ATQ Star Leadership Award in Air Traffic Management while the Agency was voted “Most Impactful Agency of the Year”.
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, also won two separate awards. First as the ATQ Aviation College of the Year while its Rector/CEO, Captain Alkali Mahmud Modibo won ATQ Leadership for Excellence in Manpower Development award.
Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu, the DG, Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET) , bagged ATQ CEO of the Year, while NiMET emerged as the Most Improved Aviation Agency of the Year.
Also, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) came top as ATQ Most Outstanding Agency in Airport Management. The Ground Handling Company of the Year went to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) with Arik Air named as the Most Consistent Airline of the Year.
The Domestic Airline of the Year went to Ibom Air while MMA2 won the ATQ Most Efficiently Run Airport Terminal 2022.
Sam Adurogboye, GM, Public Relations, NCAA won ATQ Leadership award for excellence in aviation media relations.
Other Awardees include; Comrade Kabir Yahaya Gusau, ATQ Award for Excellence in Aviation Trade Unionism, Mr. Babatunde Sotin, Excellent Leadership Award in Cooperative Society Management, Aero Contractors, MRO of the Year and Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) bagging Aviation Union of the Year for the third running.
The Chairman of the event, applauded the initiatives of the organizer to reward industry achievers with various awards ,saying that such an exercise would further encourage the awardees to devote more positive time to their respective duties while others would strive hard to earn recognition of this magnitude.
