Elder Mazi Nnamdi Udoh (born 8 May 1960) is the former Chief Executive officer/Managing Director at the

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Life

Elder Mazi Nnamdi Udoh (Ugwu Aro) was born to Senator Henry Nwafor Udoh and Madam Uzoma Udoh.He is the President General Nzuko Arochukwu Worldwide and a lover of football. He hails from

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and is also a devoted

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Education

He joined NAMA in 1980 after completing a course at the

Nigerian College of Aviation Technology The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology is a higher education institute in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. It is funded by the Civil Aviation Department in the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Aviation. Formerly known as the Nigerian Civil Aviat ...

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where he was president of the Student Union. While there he organized the first ever Aviation and Technical institution games hosted at Zaria in 1980. He furthered his education by obtaining an Air Traffic Safety Electronics License at the School of Aviation in Langen,

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. He also attended

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where he studied

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, obtaining a Masters of Science degree in 2006.

Career

Mazi Nnamdi Udoh was appointed to the position of CEO/MD at the Nigerian airspace management agency on 5 October 2011. Prior to that, he held posts as Executive director electronic and engineering services, eneral Managerof project and surveillance, special advisor on projects monitoring to the minister of Aviation after serving as Airspace manager to

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international airport etc. His name is commonly used in conjunction with the multi-billion naira Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria project (

TRACON Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled air ...

) which delivers modern Air Traffic Systems at all Nigerian airports nationwide. He is also famous with the saying "NO MONEY NO SAFETY". On 18 October 2010, he was the Acting Managing Director of NAMA during the commissioning of the TOTAL RADAR COVERAGE OF NIGERIA 'TRACON' by Nigerian President

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. He was praised by the president and his colleagues for finally attaining such success in the aviation industry. He is a member of

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(MRAeS), National Association of Air Traffic Engineers, International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronic Association IFATSEA United kingdom registered engineer among the few from Nigeria, just to name a few. He has held the position of general secretary at NAAE for eight years and later became the president for another four years, regional director IFATSEA. He is currently the Deputy Chairman

Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) is a representative body of companies that provide air traffic control. It represents the interests of air navigation service providers (ANSPs). CANSO members are responsible for supporting ov ...

(CANSO) Africa. He was the first male Nigerian member of Women in Aviation International (WAI) featured on the first edition of Woman Aviator, the official publication of Women in Aviation, Nigeria.

References

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