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L-R: Dir. of Transport, NCAA, Capt. A M Sidi, DG, NIMET, Dr Athony Anuforom, Ag. NAMA MD, Engr. Emma Anasi and Military Airport Commandant, MMIA, Wing. Cmdr Imoke Emeng Imoke at the AIS Automation forum, NAMA headqurters, Lagos recently. Ahead of the December 2016 expected completion of Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Automation in 11 locations, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has solicited the co-operation of data originators and other stakeholders to ensure a smooth takeoff of the project and also enhance its sustainability. Speaking at the AIS Automation stakeholders’ forum which held at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos, the Ag. Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Emma Anasi noted that all the key agencies or data originators including the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), National

(L-R) MR. OHIS EHIMIAGHE, REGIONAL MANAGER - WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS; MR. OLADIPUPO EPEMOLU, WINNER, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CATEGORY, 7TH NATIONAL TRAVEL ESSAY COMPETITION (NTEC 2015/2016); MRS. KEMI LEKE-BAMTEFA, HEAD, SALES & MARKETING, SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS; AND MR. EWOS IRORO, EDITOR, TRAVEL & BUSINESS NEWS, ORGANISERS OF THE COMPETITION. In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility policy of identifying with and supporting young Nigerian talents, South African Airways (SAA) has once again left its mark in the sands of time by sponsoring the Winner of the Tertiary Institutions Category of the 7 th National Travel Essay Competition (NTEC 2015/2016) with a free return ticket to South Africa. Mr. Oladipupo Epemolu, a third year Business Administration Student of the University of Lagos (Unilag) emerged as winner of the contest following a keenly contested written and oral assessment before a select Panel of Independent Assessors drawn from v