Aviation Agencies Get New Directors

The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has announced the appointment of new directors for the agencies under the ministry.

This was disclosed, in a release signed by the Director of Press, Minister of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi.

The statement read in part, “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.

“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 appointed directors named for the Nigerian Meteorological Agency were Prof Vincent Weli, Director, Weather Services; Prof Odjugo Ovuyovwiroye, Director, Research and Training; Onyegbule Amarachi, Director, Applied Meteorological Services and Abdulkareem Hamid, Director, Engineering And Technical Services.

Other were Funke Arowojobe, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection; Shola Gabriel, Director, Legal Services/ Company Secretary; Nasiru Sani, Director, Human Resources and Administration; Alex Yusuf, Director, Finance and Accounts and Airiohuodion Omonzojie, Director, Corporate Services.

In the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the new directors are Balang Godwin, Director, Aerodrome and Airspace Standards; Yinka Boboye, Director, Air Transport Regulations; Capt. Donald Spiff, Director, Operations, Licensing and Training; Michael Achimugu, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection and Omogo Chinedu, Director, Avsec Regulation.

Other are Olufemi Odukoya, Director, Finance and Accounts; Victor Goyea, Director, Airworthiness Standards; Mary Tufano, Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary; Anastasia Gbem, Director, Human Resources and Administration; Horatius Egwa, Director, Special Duties and Rebecca Aghadinazu, Director, Corporate Services.

For Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the government named Muonemeh Lotenna, Director, Finance and Accounts; John Tayo, Director, Operations; Abimbola Ladipo, Director, Human Resources and Administration; Ijeoma Ihenachor, Director, Safety Electronic and Engineering Services; Rita Isemiuhonmon Egbadon, Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary; Abdulahi Musa, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection; Abba Ahmad, Director, Special Duties and Ibrahim Aliyu, Director Corporate Services.

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau got Abdulahi Babanya, Director, Engineering Services; Odita Isioma, Director, Operations; Nwobu Patrick, Director, Transport Investigation; Esosa Eremwanarua, Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary, Lawal Abdulmumin, Director, Human Resources; Mrs Bimbo Oladeji, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection; Dr (Mrs) Itohan Okundaye-Oke, Director, Finance and Accounts and Baro Henry Minabowanre Director, Corporate Services.

In the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Muniru Abiola, Director, Engineering Services; Capt. Abdullahi Mohmood, Director, Airport Operations; Ayodele Olatiregun, Director, Finance and Accounts; Luqman Eniola, Director, Human Resources and Administration; Igbafe Afegbai, Director, Aviation Security Services; Mrs Bridget Gold, Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary and Jensen Asaba Director, Corporate Services.

Others are Obiageli Orah, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection; Henry Agbebire, Director, Special Duties and Adebola Agunbiade, Director, Commercial and Business Development.

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