The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency says it has taken steps towards entrenching a more effective digital accounting system to meet its growing demands.

The Managing Director of NAMA, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, at the agency’s two-day accountants retreat in Lagos, said the programme was born out of commitment towards promoting transparency, accountability and fiscal discipline in the system.

He said it had become important to reposition NAMA and its business transactions to comply with the dynamic world of technology especially as it affected the aviation sector.

He said, “The recently issued Federal Government’s Executive Order on the ease of doing business in the country demands that we carry out our business transactions on an e-basis.

“The management will support the finance department in its quest for the best available technology that will meet industry best practices and enhance efficiency in service delivery.”

Akinkuotu said the automation of business transactions would not lead to job losses in the agency, adding that the interactive nature of the retreat would give workers the opportunity to brainstorm on challenges in the system and devise new initiatives of finding solutions to improve the agency’s procedures using the benefit of e-business.

The Director of Finance and Accounts, NAMA, Mr. Aniefiok Umoh, also called for the cooperation of the workers as the agency was transiting from the manual system of preparing financial and management information reports to automated processes.

“Everything in our environment is going electronic. 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,” he said.

The NAMA’s General Manager, Finance, Mr. David Akpan, said accounting just like any other profession was passing through a dynamic phase and that the role of accountants would continue to undergo series of changes.