The Federal Government through the Ministry of Transport, yesterday afternoon approved the sack of all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with immediate effect.
In all, 10 directors were shown the exit by the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika after the approval from the Federal Government.
The directors affected by the purge are Salawu Ozigi (Director of Finance and Accounts), Joyce Nkemakolam (Director of Aerodrome and Airspace Standards), Aba Ejembi (Director of Administration) and Emmanuel Ogunbami (Director of Licensing).
Others are Benedict Adeyileka (Director of Airworthiness), Justus Wariya (Director of Air Transport Regulation), Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi (Director of Consumer Protection), Ayodele Sasegbon (Director of General Aviation and 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.
Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, in a telephone conversation, confirmed the development, but declined to give more information.
He simply replied that he was aware of the sack of the directors, adding that they were all political appointees.
“It is true that all the directors have been disengaged, but I don’t have details of their disengagement,” he said.
It was learnt that Muhtar Usman, the Director-General of NCAA, had told the affected directors of their disengagements at a meeting he convened yesterday’s afternoon at Aviation House at the Murtala Muhamemd Airport (MMA), Lagos, which came as a rude shock to many of them.
