The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), has directed the directors of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET), the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB), to hand over to the most senior officers in the agencies.
This followed the sack of the heads of the government agencies.
A statement by the Head of Press and Public Affairs in the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Odutayo Oluseyi, yesterday in Abuja, said all the agencies’ board secretaries and legal advisers were not affected by the directive.
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“Following the change in leadership of the Aviation and Aerospace Development Agencies’ CEOs and MDs aimed to reposition the aviation industry and ensure safety and efficient air travel experience by Nigerians in line with the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu, I am directed to inform all directors of the following agencies that they have been relieved of their appointments forthwith and should hand over to the most senior officer in their various directorates with immediate effect.
“The directors of the affected agencies are as follows: FAAN, NiMet, NAMA, NCAA, NSIB.
“I am also to inform all the agencies’ Board Secretaries and Legal Advisers that they are not affected by this directive,” the statement said.