BY OLAPEJU OLUBI
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has earned the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The agency made the disclosure in a statement, explaining that the achievement follows a rigorous certification audit by ISO representatives, during which NAMA demonstrated compliance with the required standards across multiple criteria.
The audit spanned operations at five international airports—Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu—as well as the Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), Charts and Aeronautical Publications.
Additional areas of focus included personnel competencies, availability of essential working tools, office environments, and documentation processes.
At the certificate presentation ceremony held at NAMA’s headquarters annex in Lagos, the Managing Director, Engr. Ahmed Umar Farouk, represented by the Director of Air Traffic Services, Mr. John Tayo, highlighted the significance of the achievement.
“As a mandatory requirement of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), the attainment of the ISO certification is yet another landmark achievement by NAMA in its quest to continue to raise the bar in air navigation service provision,” he said.
Farouk expressed optimism about the certification’s impact, stating that it would enhance customer satisfaction by ensuring NAMA’s products and services are timely, reliable, and exhibit minimal error rates.
“For us in NAMA, this certification is a renewed assurance to airlines and other stakeholders that we are poised for excellence as we work assiduously towards enhancing the safety and reliability of the Nigerian airspace,” he affirmed.
