The Federal Government, through the Ministry
of Transport, on Friday approved the sack of
all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA), with immediate effect.
Mr Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public
Relations, NCAA, confirmed the development to
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
“It is true that the directors have been
disengaged but I don’t have details of the
reasons given for the action by the ministry,”
he said.
NAN gathered that a total of 10 directors were
sacked after the approval was given to the
ministry by the government.
The directors affected by the purge were: Alhaji
Salawu Ozigi (Director of Finance and
Accounts), Dr Joyce Nkemakolam (Director of
Aerodrome and Airspace Standards), Mr Aba
Ejembi (Director of Administration) and Mr
Emmanuel Ogunbami (Director of Licensing).
Others are: Mr Benedict Adeyileka (Director of
Airworthiness), Mr Justus Wariya (Director of
Air Transport Regulation), Alhaji Adamu
Abdullahi (Director of Consumer Protection),
Capt. Ayodele Sasegbon (Director of General
Aviation), and Mr Austin-Amadi Ifeanyi
(Director of Human Resources).
The affected directors were immediately
ordered to handover to the next in command in
their various directorates, who will in the
interim take charge of activities in their
directorates.
With the sack of the directors, it is only the
Director-General, Capt. Muhtar Usman, that
remains in the saddle of the regulatory agency.
NAN reports that the government had on Oct.
12, 2016 sacked and demoted 22 directors and
general managers of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
The restructuring was based on the
recommendations of the Presidential Committee
chaired by the Head of Service of the
Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi
Sirika, had said the restructuring would be
extended to the NCAA and the Nigerian
Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) which
were also currently overbloated.
