NAMA crowns Actress Benita Nzeribe Air Safety Ambassador

Benita Nzeribe, has been crowned Air Safety Ambassador for Nigeria. Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) in Lagos managing director, Mr. Nnamdi Udoh, said the choice of Nzeribe was informed by her interest and enthusiasm in the aviation sector, as well as her patriotic zeal to promote air safety. He enjoined her to use her position as an actress to propagate the message that the country’s airspace “is safe and that air travel is safer than other modes of transportation, considering its speed and comfort.”

“NAMA is striving to sustain an environment that promotes air safety particularly in the area of surveillance for pilots to fly with less talking from the controllers; where pilots can fly more directly to their airports of destination,” he said.

He also charged the ambassador to use her professional skill to disabuse the minds of Nigerians that there was no surveillance in the Niger Delta, saying the agency’s radar captured flights in that region. Ha added that NAMA would soon deploy Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) to the region to capture low flying aircraft like helicopters to enhance safety and revenue.

In her response, the actress expressed appreciation to NAMA and promised to do her best to justify the honour.