{"id":14670,"date":"2017-03-09T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T10:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14670"},"modified":"2017-05-15T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T14:16:34","slug":"onyeyiri-fidelis-chukwuemeka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onyeyiri-fidelis-chukwuemeka\/","title":{"rendered":"ONYEYIRI, Fidelis Chukwuemeka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth: Thursday, (Orie) 29″‘ July, 1948 State of Origin: Imo Local GovernmentArea: Isiala-Mbano Village\/Town: Anara Engr. Fidelis Chukwuemeka Onyeyiri is an accomplished public administrator and a renowned engineer of note. Born on 29″‘ July, 1948 in Anara in Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area. Imo Slate. He vvas formerly the Director-General. Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Education \u2022 Ilad excellent Primary and Secondary Education \u2022 Nigerian College ofAviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria Job Career and Position Held At Nigeria Airways. 1969. he vvas: \u2022 Line Maintenance Engineer to Deputy Director. Engineering and Planning \u2022 Joined EAS Airlines, 1995 Onyeyiri and the Aviation Industry \u2022 Took up appointment with the Directorate ofSafetyRegulation and Monitoring (DSRAM). the then regulatory armofthe Federal Ministry ofAviation now Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) \u2022 Served as the Assistant General Manager. Airworthiness Approvals. \u2022 Director. Airworthiness Standards. Onyeyiri and His Managerials Skills Engr. Onyeyiri distinguished himself as an excellent manager of both human and material resources. He embarked on the project of restructuring the NCAA. These include: \u2022 Enforcement of compliance to safety rules such as inspection, operation, certificate, licensing, monitoring and protection for the overall interest of operators, passengers and the general public. \u2022 Division ofNCAA into directorates namely. Directorate ofAir Transport Regulations (DATR). Directorate ofAerodrome and Air space Standards (DAAS). Directorate of Airworthiness Standards(DAWS). Directorate of Operations. Licensing and Training Standards (DOLTS). Directorate of Administration and Corporate AlTairs (DAC) and the Directorate of Finance and Accounts (DFA) \u2022 Initialed consumer interactive forum under the Supervision of Consumer Protective Unit (CPU) educating the air travelers and operators on their rights and obligations to each other. \u2022 Re-engineering and re-defining the activities of the regulatory agency to realize government’s objective of providing safe, efficient, reliable, dynamic, customer-focused and market driven air transport services in accordance with ICAO’s standards and recommended practices. \u2022 Annual Management retreat oflhe Agency. \u2022 Adequate staff training, development and optimizing the use of human resources, ensuring recording, interpretation and reporting activities of the authority in financial terms and protecting its assets as well as cutting waste. Other Achievements \u2022 Provision of Inspectors Handbook by NCAA \u2022 NCAA 86 percent marks by ICAO’s audit panel \u2022 Introduction of International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) recommendations for foreign carrier operating into the Country. \u2022 Successful monitoring of and supervisionof rehabilitation works on runways at the MallamAminu Kano International Airport. Yola Airport as well as design. Construction and Commissioning of the Escravos Airfield in Delta \u2022 Contributed to the Publication and Presentation of the follow in\u00bb books: The Air Travelers Guide. The Consumer Digest and Air Navigation Regulations among others. It is noteworthy that Engr. Onyeyiri’s administration mandated the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), Sky Power Aviation Handling CompanySAACOLand Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to procure Cargo X-ray machines for screening of all Cargoes leaving by air. Engr. Fidelis Onyeyiri is a determined and hardworking man whose aim is to achieve the best in a very honest way. He is happily married with children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2399],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14670","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-engineer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14670"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}