UNEXPECTED: AVIATION AGENCY DIRECTORS FIRED JUST HOURS AFTER TINUBU FIRED CEOS

The directors of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development have been fired.

This is a day and a half after President Bola Tinubu gave his approval for the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to be suspended, removed, and replaced.

The heads of press and public affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi, signed a statement requesting that the directors turn over control to the senior members of their departments or directorates.

The statement read: “Following the change in the 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 Mr. President, 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:
• Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
• Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET)
• Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)
• Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
• Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB)

“I am also to inform all the agencies’ Board Secretaries and Legal Advisers that they are not affected by this directive.

All affected DIRECTORS are to ensure strict compliance, please.”