Personnel Institute SAHCO seeks duty waiver inducts 521 members on aviation equipment

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN) yesterday inducted 521 new members into the human resource profession with a charge on them to deploy their knowledge to promote organizational excellence.

President of the institute, Mr Wale Adeniran who spoke at the 42nd induction ceremony held virtually with the theme, “The Role of Employee Engagement In The Future of HR” said employee engagement is key to organization success.

“As HR Professionals, we all must have a very good grasp of tactics for driving up Employee Engagement, which ultimately drives productivity.”

According to him, to remain relevant in this rapidly changing world, the HR practitioners must continually update their knowledge.

He charged the new inductees to take the core values of the institution to heart and do all what must be done to be the best HR professionals

“The current state of the economy may be scary with uncertainties but I know that the future is ours for the taking if we make the most of today.”

The Managing Director of Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO), Mr. Basil Agboarumi yesterday restated calls on the government to grant duty waiver on importation of ground handling spare and equipment at the airports.

He said just like aircraft, ground handling equipment are expensive and not off the shelf.

Speaking with newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, the SAHCO MD also blamed high charges as the major constraint to export business in Nigeria. He said, “We felt that no matter what the government is doing for the airlines, ground handling should be included and benefit from it too.

“We believe that what should be done is that same kind of waivers that the airlines are enjoying should also be extended to us to make life easier for us

“…we are taking our case to the government, Ministry of Aviation and the NCAA as the representative of government in the aviation industry.”

On how much SAHCO could save if given waiver on import of its equipment, he said, “We spent N36 million to clear one of our equipment recently. Sometimes, you have some of our equipment that goes as much as one million dollars.

“There are equipment we placed orders for since early 2020.”

The SAHCO boss also spoke on the increase in cost of exporting products.