May 19, (THEWILL) – There are strong indications that there will be changes in form of sack, reshuffle and redeployment at the newly renamed Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace of Nigeria.
THEWILL gathered that a lot has been brewing at the Ministry, in just less than two weeks, left for the current administration to hand over.
It was alleged last month that there have been some secret employments by a senior official of the then Ministry of Aviation.
The allegations caused a lot of hues and cries, but as usual generated no tangible action but was treated with kids glove.
Sources close to the Ministry revealed that some heads of the parastatals may be relieved of their appointments, despite the President signing and gazetting some parastatals Acts, some of which tenured their stay in office.
Case in point, Directors-General of NSIB, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), are tenured for five years each and it’s renewable maybe apart from the now DG NSIB, who is in his second tenure already, but had transformed from Commissioner Accident Investigation Bureau( AIB) to Director General NSIB.
It was also gathered that some existing directors may also be affected by the impending purge or be redeployed to other directorates.
An industry source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that, as it is, some Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) could not also be removed with fiat, without a recourse to the Acts that set up the agencies.
Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
