Tinubu sacks aviation directors hours after CEOs’ removal… 

The Federal Government has sacked all directors of Aviation less than 24 hours after the removal of all heads of aviation agencies from their offices.

The government said this in a statement signed by Odutayo Oluseyi, the spokesperson for the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday in Abuja.

The government directed the affected directors to hand over to the most senior officers in their various directorates immediately.

The directors of the affected agencies, which include the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Nigeria Metrological Agency, Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, and Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau have been instructed to hand over their duties to the most senior personnel in their respective directorates without further delay.

The statement clarified that the agencies’ board secretaries and legal advisers remain unaffected by this directive.

It was reported that President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday sacked the heads of various agencies in the aviation sector, replacing them with acting and substantive heads.

They include Mr. Kabir Mohammed of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria; Mr. Tayib Odunowo of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency; Akinola Olateru of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau; Prof. Mansur Matazu of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency; and Alkali Modibbo, the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology.

He also suspended the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu.