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The President of International Civil Aviation Organisation, Dr. Bernard Aliu, has stressed the need for aviation agencies in the country to imbibe the culture of capacity development.
In an address to members of Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Union of Air Transport Employees and heads of aviation parastatals in Abuja, Aliu said there was a need for constant training of personnel in the sector as technology was developing.
He said that considering all the facilities and navigational aids in place, without a trained workforce, there would be no development.
He stressed that human capacity development must be the keyword. “Training is the word in aviation and new technology must be handled by trained personnel in order to remain in business,” he added.
The ICAO President, on a state visit to Nigeria, explained that with the double traffic projection in passenger and aircraft movements globally by 2030, there was a need to strengthen security and safety across the globe, adding that the industry must be ready for the growth.
“This is the only way the doubling of traffic and passengers’ movement projection will not lead to doubling of accidents,” he said.
He commended the unions for the industrial harmony existing between them and the management of parastatals, saying it would foster development of the industry.
Earlier, the President of ATSSSAN, Benjamin Okewu, said it was a thing of pride and honour to have a Nigerian as the president of ICAO.
Okewu said that Nigeria had what it would take to be the leader in the sector in Africa.
The General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Olayinka Abioye, on his part, pledged the support of the aviation family for the second-term bid of Aliu as ICAO president.
He noted that since he became the ICAO president, there had been significant changes in the sector, especially with the review of various acts setting up agencies.
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