A Nigerian Kabir Mohammed and a staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has been selected as a candidate of the Board of Directors of the Community of Practice (CoP) of the Airport Council International (ACI).
This was stated by the Nominating Committee of the International Airport Professional, Community of Practice (IAP CoP) in a letter dated November 24, 2015 from its office in Montreal, Canada.
According to the letter “the Nominating Committee made its selection based on each candidate’s unique qualification for board duty as required in the CoP by-laws.
According the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mr Yakubu Dati, explained that the vision of the International Airport Professional, Community of Practice (IAP CoP) is to be the premier global platform, where IAPs advance the practice of airport management through interdisciplinary networking and developing best practices of airport businesses for the benefit of the aviation industry.
He further explained that by this nomination, Kabiru Mohammed would not only be advancing his own knowledge and networking capability; he would also be creating opportunities to enhance the practice and profession of airport management on a global level.
Muhammed, an AMPAP graduate of the ACI programme for airport professionals, will facilitate networking, collaboration and shared experiences of world-class experts at a global level.
Mohammed, who is a Deputy General Manager at the office of the Managing Director is one of the few international Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO/ACI) accredited airport professionals in the country.