NAMA director inducted as NIMechE fellow

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The Director of Safety Electronics and Engineering Services in the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Farouk Umar, has been inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

The induction ceremony took place in Kano during the institution’s 31st Annual General Meeting and Conference.

Umar attended Government Science Secondary School, BirninKebbi and the Federal University of Technology, Minna, where he bagged a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

NAMA said in a statement that Umar’s quest for higher education took him to the Lagos State University, where he obtained a master’s degree in business administration in 1999 and another master’s degree in international affairs and diplomacy in 2009 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The statement read in part, “Umar joined NAMA in 2002 as a chief engineer. Since then, he has held several managerial and strategic positions in the agency such as airspace manager, Minna airport, and general manager, procurement and general manager, special projects, Kano region.

“Highly cerebral and a master of his profession, Umar has played vital roles in the deployment of some of the critical navigational infrastructure in Nigeria such as the Instrument Landing System at Kaduna International Airport, Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range at the MallamAminu Kano International Airport as well as the Stand-Alone High Powered Jotron Radios recently installed in Kano and Lagos Area control centres in the country.”

Umar was quoted as saying that the fellowship by the institution would spur him to continue to strive for excellence in his quest to contribute meaningfully towards the development of the profession and the country at large.


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