As part of its converted effort to positively affect the human capital of organizations in both the private and public sectors of the nation’s economy, the Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) is in talks with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to improve the capacity of its workforce through the various human development programmes of the Institute.
This arrangement was kick-started when the President and Chairman of Council of the Institute, Dr. (Mrs.) Christiana V. N. Atako, FNIM, NPOM, and her team paid a courtesy visit to the Management team of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) led by the Acting Director General, Capt. Chris Najomo, in Abuja.
Dr. Atako who congratulated the Acting Director General on his recent appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to pilot the affairs NCAA pointed out that it was a well deserved and befitting one given the experience, pedigree and professionalism of Capt. Najomo and expressed confidence that he will succeed in his new assignment. She went on to harp on the importance of NCAA keying into the different human capital development programmes of the Institute which included the Intensive Training for Membership Admission (ITMA) for the Acting DG and the top management staff stressing that they would be good additions to the Institute’s membership, and training of the entire workforce on ‘Work Ethics and Attitudinal Change’ aimed at increased productivity and enhanced service delivery. The President also requested the DG to approve the enlisting of the organisation as a corporate member of the Institute which will enable NCAA to enjoy discount on the sundry human capital development programmes of NIM for its workforce among other benefits accruable to corporate members of the Institute. Atako who enjoined NCAA to allow the Institute to add to the management excellence of the organisation, also used the opportunity to request Capt. Najomo to sponsor some NCAA staff to the 2024 Annual National Management Conference of the Institute schedule to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from 22nd to 24th September.
In his remark, Capt. Najomo who confessed that he was “wowed” by the visit and the President’s presentation, said that NCAA is eager and willing to partner with the Institute in accordance with the President’s request. He further promised that the organisation’s Director of Human Resources would be working with representatives of the Institute to work out the details of the human development programmes NCAA would be enlisting its staff for.
