The Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) has sought the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) partnership on managerial excellence to enhance the aviation industry and the economy in general.

President of NIM, Christiana Atako, made the call in a communiqué signed by its registrar, Taiwo Olusesi, from a courtesy visit to the NCAA on Tuesday in Lagos.

Ms Atako said the partnership, alongside the NCAA’s professional experience in leadership, piloting, and regulatory expertise, aligned with achieving President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda.

She noted that the NIM had recorded laudable achievements in professional management, capacity building, consultancy, re-engineering and human capital development.

Ms Atako said the institute was convinced that the nation’s aviation industry would continue to enjoy efficient and effective service delivery under the new NCAA leadership.

“We project improved aviation infrastructural facilities at the airports, state-of-the-art navigational aids, modern weather forecasting equipment and highly skilled manpower to further bolster the confidence and safety of the flying public.

“Having succeeded in other sensitive responsibilities in the past where you discharged yourself creditably with a track record of performance, you will make a huge success of the present one because you are in familiar terrain,” she said.

The NIM president urged the NCAA’s top management staff to access the institute’s membership through the Intensive Training for Membership Admission (ITMA) programme.

She stated that membership in the institute and the human capital development training would imbue the NCAA with the best international management practices, which would ultimately rub off positively in discharging their duties.

“As one of the ways to optimise productivity and service delivery, we request that you consider commissioning the institute to design and hold training on work ethics and attitudinal change for the entire workforce of this organisation.

“You would agree with me that this particular training is needed by your organisation’s staff across the board to help them imbibe and adopt best management practices in the discharge of their everyday duties,” she said.

Responding, the acting director general of the NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo, assured of the NCAA’s presence at the NIM conferences and promised to partner with the institute to build the capacity of their staff.