The Federal Government has reportedly sacked all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
The removal of the officials is said to be with immediate effect.
According to The Nation, the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Friday, February 24.
Sirika was said to have directed the affected officials to immediately hand over to those next in command in their various directorates.
The report said General Manager, Public Affairs, of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye confirmed the development.
“It is true that all the directors have been disengaged, but I don’t have details of their disengagement,” the newspaper quoted Adurogboye as saying.
The affected directors are believed to be Salawu Ozigi (Director of Finance and Accounts), Joyce Nkemakolam (Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards), Aba Ejembi (Director of Administration), mmanuel Ogunbami (Director of Licensing), and Benedict Adeyileka (Director of Airworthiness).
Others are Justus Wariya (Director of Air Transport Regulation), Adamu Abdullahi (Director of Consumer Protection), Ayodele Sasegbon (Director of General Aviation) and Austin-Amadi Ifeanyi (Director of Human Resources).
The reasons for their removal was, however, not known as at the time of filing this report.
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