.….to hold AGM in Abuja next week
The National Association of Air Traffic Engineers (NAAE) says, despite numerous challenges in carrying out their duties, the Association has worked hard to achieve a safe and efficient air navigation.
The National President of NAAE, Ishaya Dung, in a statement on the preparation for NAAE’s national conference in Abuja, explained, that dearth of dedicated operational vehicles, unreliable medical care due to inefficient take off of the NHIS scheme, non-conveyance and implementation of the reviewed conditions of service have remained their greatest challenges
According to Dung, personnel licensing of members on Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel (ATSEP) was ongoing at an encouraging pace stressing that soon the backlog of engineers waiting to be trained and licensed as ATSEPs will be cleared and called for a review of ATSEP’s professional allowances
“We are also faced with challenges in terms of running cost and logistics because of the high cost of travel (particularly air travel) which limits our level of in-person participation in industry-based activities”.
On the Association’s forthcoming conference in Abuja with its theme “The Dynamics of Emerging Technologies and the role of ATSEPs in the safety of air navigation infrastructures”, Dung explained that the topic is aimed at stimulating awareness among all stakeholders to keep pace with the advancement in CNS/ATM technology which was becoming more and more digital and interoperable.
Dung said dignitaries expected at the event are the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Aviation, National assembly aviation committee members, aviation Parastatals CEOs, among others.
According to him, the Conference will take place at NICON LUXURY Hotel, Abuja on 27 – 28 October, 2022 at 10am.
“It is an election year. And we hope for a very successful AGM”.
