In line with his determination to bring world class standards to Nigerian civil aviation sector in consumer protection and the promotion of the wellbeing of Nigerian passengers and other sectoral stakeholders, President Bola Tinubu has approved the suspension, removal, and replacement of Chief Executive Officers under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed has been removed from office and replaced with Mrs. Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku.
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Tayib Adetunji Odunowo is to give way to Engr. Umar Ahmed Farouk, the Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Engr. Akinola Olateru has been replaced with Mr. Alex Badeh Jr.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu is replaced with Prof. Charles Anosike, while the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Capt. Alkali Mahmud Modibbo has been removed from office and replaced with Mr. Joseph Shaka Imalighwe as the Acting Rector of the institution, pending the appointment of a substantive Rector, in accordance with Section 13(2) of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology Act, 2022.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Shuaibu Nuhu has been suspended to enable the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission conduct an unfettered investigation into the activities of the suspended Director-General and other senior officials in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. Capt. Chris Najomo assumes office as NCA’s Acting Director-General immediately.
President Tinubu also approve the commencement of a diligent process to be conducted by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development to recruit a substantive Vice-Chancellor and other principal officers of the African Aviation and Aerospace University (AAAU).
The President anticipates that the new leadership across this critical sector will uphold the safety, convenience, and comfort of the Nigerian people as primary and sacrosanct in all of their administrative activities. Due to the high cost of underperformance in the sector, the President demands the immediate establishment of world-class policy design, implementation, and regulatory frameworks to reposition the sector in alignment with his Renewed Hope Agenda.
The directives of the President take immediate effect, the presidential spokesman said.
