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By Chinelo Obogo
South African Airways (SAA) has launched an annual Aviation Career Day in Nigeria to celebrate children, while pointing out the need for Nigerian youths to be guided when choosing a career.
Speakers cutting across various fields in aviation, such as Flight dispatch, Air Traffic Control, aircraft pilot and travel consultants, gave talks to the students, who were drawn from more than five public and private schools.
Country Manager of the airline, Mrs. Kemi Leke-Bamtefa, who spoke at the launch in Lagos, said the population of youths in Africa was large, hence there was the need for parents and teachers to deliberately mould their characters positively.
She said the airline appreciated everyone contributing daily to the development of young people, without which the world would be devoid of happiness. While charging the students to be responsible to their country, she announced newly introduced routes, such as Lilongwe, Blantyre, Victoria falls and Windhoek in Namibia, adding that SAA currently operates three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Friday out of the new terminal at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
“Children, today, we celebrate you. We value your essence and contribution to our society at large. At SAA, we promise to carry you along in our journey to sustainability. Part of our effort in empowering our children is the SAA Secondary School Essay competition and now the maiden edition of the SAA Aviation Career Day for our children in Nigeria.
“Recently, we have also worked with some orphanage homes in Nigeria to provide a safe haven for our young children. Our goal is to encourage the children and young people to feel safe and understand their contribution towards a greater Africa,”she said.
