President Bola Tinubu has approved immediate leadership changes in six parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The changes, according to a release issued on Wednesday by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, is in line with the President’s determination to bring world class standards to Nigerian Civil Aviation in consumer protection and the […]
Players in the aviation industry have excoriated the last minute appointments of the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, for removing top aviation agency functionaries and replacing them with others. While many who criticised his action said he failed to follow due process, they also said he should have allowed the in-coming government to appoint […]
Former Special Assistant to The President on Aviation Matters and Managing Director, Afri-Air International Limited, Capt. Shehu Iyal has said that there is need for efforts to ensure that players in Nigeria’s aviation industry survive the existing economic challenges while working on sustainability of the industry in the future. Speaking in an interview on the […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have expressed fear that the recruitment of hundreds of administrative personnel without core professionals in the various agencies in the last eight years would undermine output and safety standards in air transport in Nigeria. They insisted that the lack of competent and technical staff in the critical areas of the aviation agencies […]
In 62 years the aviation industry recorded progress that was mired by policy summersault, economic crunch, even though the industry has held on to safety in the last nine years. The Nigerian aviation industry has recorded good progress, dogged by uncertainty due to inconsistent policy, inadequate infrastructure and short life span of domestic carriers. Before […]
