New NAHCO Boss Promises To Make A Difference
The
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company
Plc (nahco aviance), Mr. Idris Yakubu, has promised to lead the attitudinal
change and a fresh drive for excellence that the Company requires to move it to
the next level.
Speaking
when he held his maiden meeting with staff at the Head Office of the Company,
Yakubu said the Company requires a new and strongerservice culture, and he was prepared
to lead that change.
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| Mr. Idris Yakubu, MD, NAHCO |
Yakubu
told the staff, “It is important to understand that we have a lot of work to do
to reposition the Company and I cannot do it alone. We have to win back our
customers and reinforce the positive perception that our stakeholders have of
NAHCO. The Management of the Company is focused on recovering lost grounds and
would make a renewed drive for excellence in all its activities its watchword.”
And
in a manner suggesting that going forward, it would not be business as usual,
the new Chief Executive Officer declared that the era of staff taking things
for granted was over. Staff would be held accountable for their actions or
inactions.
“If you deliberately commit an error that the
Company has to pay for; then maybe, you should pay. NAHCO’s business should be
regarded as our business and we must all take ownership.”
He
applauded the recently concluded promotion exercise undertaken by the Company
which he described as “unparalleled in the industry,” and said it was notin his
character to lead a demotivated workforce. While pointing out that he made some
input into the final promotion list, Yakubu said his desire is to do even more
as staff become more productive and show greater diligence in their work resulting
in greater and improved performance by the Company.
He
solicited for the support of staff in the effort to move nahco aviance forward,
adding “We must work together to increase revenues, reduce and optimize our
costs and exceed our customers’ expectations. Let the world know that NAHCO is
the best in its service and product offerings.”
He
concluded that the Company will focus on aggressive debt recovery with a
sizeable chunk of the recovered funds invested in acquiring new equipment.
The
Chairman of the Board of the Company, Arc Usman Arabi Bello, who made a brief stop-over
at the Head Office while the meeting was in session, urged the staff to support
the MD/CEO. He encouraged staff to support Yakubu and come up with new ideas to
improve things in the Company. Bello pointed out nonetheless, that without any
doubt, Yakubu is the new boss and that “The Boss is the boss.”
Idris Yakubu was appointed Friday, 3rd
November, 2017, but formally took over duties at the NAHCO House on Monday, 20th
November, 2017. He had since taking over visited operational areas in the Lagos
MMIA area and other units of the company to meet with staff.
Prior
to his appointment as MD/CEO of nahco aviance, Idris Yakubu served as Executive
Director Skye Bank Plc, after many fulfilling years in Fidelity Bank Plc, FSB
International Bank Plc, UBA Plc and Continental Merchant Bank Plc. He has
extensive experience in delivering agreed Strategic Business imperatives.
A
consummate Relationship Manager, Team Builder and Turnaround Specialist, Yakubu
was a key member of the Fidelity Bank Consolidation Implementation Team at
Fidelity/FSB between October & December 2005 serving as Chairman, Marketing
and Products Sub-Committee, and was a key member of the Team that led the Bank
to achieve the heights attained, till mid - 2015. He was appointed by the Central Bank of
Nigeria as a Member of the Intervention Board to help stabilize Skye Bank Plc
and chart its future course following the dissolution of the Bank’s Board by
the regulator, in July 2016.
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