The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commended the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) for putting in place necessary structures and processes which promote efficiency and encourages anti-corruption and transparency.
This commendation came on the heels of an excellent performance by NAMA in the 2024 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS) and Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) Effectiveness Index exercise in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) carried out by the ICPC last year.
In a Post Deployment letter to NAMA dated 6th of February 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 Ahmed Farouk expressed delight that “an independent organization carried out this onerous task, making sure that there is compliance with extant financial rules and processes as outlined by the Federal Government policy.”
“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 to 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),” Farouk said.
It will be recalled that as part of its initiatives of fighting corruption, the ICPC in 2019 embarked on an annual deployment of the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS) in Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) 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.
