The Chairman, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) branch, Comrade Shofolahan Ayodele says foreign trainings for staff of the NCAA is critical in enforcing strict compliance to safety in the Aviation industry.
This is also to help the workers especially the technical staff keep abreast with developments across the world.
Speaking on the need for training of staff in the regulatory agency, Comrade Ayodele remarked that foreign trainings can never be domesticated, adding that trainings will not only make one learn but will also expose workers to the outside world through the interchange of knowledge and making friends.
“We have told management on this issues that they are some trainings that cannot be domesticated because training does not only mean just doing training, you are exposed to a lot of things you are not seeing in this country, you interact, when you interact with your foreign partners you get a lot of things, we are regulators we must be above board”
He noted as regulators, staff of the agency must be above board adding that ATSSSAN has told management that it was not possible to carry out foreign trainings locally.
The ATSSSAN chairman noted that over a year ago when he came on board there was no organogram in NCAA but said the management was addressing the issue including the conditions of service of workers in the agency.
“When I took over too, there was problem with the condition of service but now presently is the Salaries and Wages Commission receiving quick attention and I have been going there, have gone to Abuja to meet them, twice now and in the next two or three weeks, they will call us to. One and discuss on the issue before they the DG Salaries and Wages Commission will rectify the COS, that’s the monetary aspect then we will still go the Head of Service too for the policy aspect of it”.
