The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has commended the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency for putting in place necessary structures and processes that promote efficiency and encourage anti-corruption and transparency.
This commendation came on the heels of an excellent performance by NAMA in the 2024 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard and Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit Effectiveness Index exercise in Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies carried out by the ICPC in 2024.
In a post-deployment letter to NAMA dated February 6, 2025, the agency said “sequel to the deployment, scoring, and ratings of assessed MDA’s, your documents were analyzed and your agency had a score of 76.5% which connotes substantial compliance on the EICS and a non-existent status in the AEI (ACTU Effectiveness Index).
Reacting to this development, the Managing Director of NAMA, Engr Umar Farouk expressed delight that “an independent organisation carried out this onerous task, making sure that there is compliance with extant financial rules and processes as outlined by the Federal Government policy.”
He added, “We are delighted with this commendation coming from ICPC as an integrity watchdog. We are not surprised anyway, because at NAMA, we are highly professional in our processes and procedures.
We know that safety is sacrosanct, just like we maintain zero tolerance for corruption, so we won’t take this feat for granted.
“I want to assure you that going forward, we will not relent but shall continue to improve on our current transparency and integrity rating in all our financial dealings.
“We will also align ourselves with Performance Indicators (KPIs), as dictated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).”
It will be recalled that as part of its initiatives to fight corruption, the ICPC in 2019 embarked on an annual deployment of the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard in Federal Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to engender transparency in the public sector.
The exercise also seeks to measure institutional integrity and accountability in MDA operations as well as encourage innovation, productivity, and creativity in enhancing their systems and operations.
