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NAMA denies leadership tussle
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has denied insinuation of leadership in the agency following the ordeal of top managers of the agency.
The agency stated that recent press reports had given the impression that there is an on-going power tussle by some management staff of NAMA over the position of acting Managing Director / Chief Executive of the Agency.
Spokesperson for the agency, Mrs Olajumoke Adetona said, “such unsubstantiated, deliberately planted reports are a complete figment of the imagination of the authors, who maliciously hope to profit from the confusion the false reports are capable of causing.”
She further explained that as soon as the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi became aware that some top officials of the agency (including the MD/CE) had been held by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), he personally visited the agency on February 16, 2016 and gave clear directives to Emmanuel Anasi (Acting Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services) to oversee the affairs of the Agency for the time being.
According to her, “At no time thereafter did any management staff seek to contest or dispute the clear directives of the Minister with regard to the interim leadership of the agency.”
“Management therefore appeals to the mass media to, in line with the ethics of their profession, always endeavor to verify information being dished out to the general public to avert the panic and confusion such false reports are capable of generating.”
“We hereby wish to assure the general public that NAMA remains fully engaged in the diligent performance of its statutory duties and responsibilities, and there is no threat whatsoever to the safety of our air space,” she added.
