The Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency (NAMA) said it has taken steps towards entrenching a
more effective digital accounting system that would meet the growing
demands of the agency...
Speaking at a two-day NAMA
Accountants retreat held in Lagos, the Managing Director of NAMA, Capt.
Fola Akinkuotu, said the new move was borne out of “the agency’s
commitment towards promoting transparency, accountability and fiscal
discipline in the system.”
He stressed that it has become
imperative to reposition NAMA and its business transactions to comply
with the dynamic world of technology especially as it affects the
aviation sector.
Akinkuotu also charged staff
of the agency to embrace technology, adding that “the recently issued
Federal Government Executive Orders on the ease of doing business in the
country demands that we carry out our business transactions on an
e-basis”.
According to him, management
would support the finance department in its quest for the best available
technology that would meet industry best practices and also enhance
efficiency in service delivery.
While allaying the fears that
automation of business transactions would lead to job losses, the NAMA
boss expressed confidence that the interactive nature of the retreat
would give staff the opportunity to use their professional expertise to
brainstorm on possible challenges in the system and also devise new
initiatives of finding solutions targeted at improving the agency’s
procedures using the benefit of e-business.
Earlier in his remarks, the
Director of Finance and Accounts, Mr Aniefiok Umoh called for the
cooperation of staff as the agency transits from the “manual system of
preparing financial and management information reports to automated
processes.”
“If it is not e-learning, it
is e-commerce. If not e-business, then it is e-transaction and NAMA
cannot afford to be left behind,” Aniefiok said.
General Manager, Finance, Mr.
David Akpan said accounting just like any other profession is passing
through a dynamic phase and that the role of accountants will continue
to undergo a series of changes.
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