FULL LIST: Keyamo Appoints New Directors For Aviation Agencies

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Thursday, December 21st, 2023

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has appointed new directors for civil aviation agencies in the country one week after the Federal Government sacked all directors and chief executive officers of the agencies.

In a statement on Thursday, a spokesman for the ministry, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the fresh appointments were in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

The concerned agencies include the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB).

“All the newly appointed Directors are to get in touch with the Director, Human Resource Department of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to collect their letters of appointment as the appointment is with immediate effect,” the statement partly read.

“Also a new Directorate called the Cargo Services has been created at the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria to ameliorate issues besetting the sector.”

The newly appointed directors are as follows

NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (NIMET)
1	PROF VINCENT EZIKORNWOR WELI	DIRECTOR, WEATHER SERVICES
2	PROF ODJUGO PETER AKPODIOGAGA OVUYOVWIROYE	DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND TRAINING
3	ONYEGBULE GLORY AMARACHI	DIRECTOR, APPLIED METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
4	ABDULKAREEM HAMID OLAYINKA	DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
5	FUNKE ADEBAYO AROWOJOBE	DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
6	SHOLA GABRIEL	DIRECTOR, LEGAL SERVICES/ COMPANY SECRETARY
7	NASIRU SANI	DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION
8	ALEX AKOJI YUSUF	DIRECTOR, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
9	AIRIOHUODION HENRY OMONZOJIE	DIRECTOR, CORPORATE SERVICES