The Federal Government on Wednesday effected some changes in the nation’s aviation sector.
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, has been replaced with a former Director of Operations in the agency, Lawrence Pwajok.
The five-year tenure of Akinkuotu ended on Sunday, January 9, 2022.
Pwajok, who retired from service in December 2021, was directed by a letter from the Ministry of Aviation, Human Resource Management FMA/PS/APPT/ CEO/014/1/23 to oversee the affairs of the agency as Managing Director/CEO.
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The letter titled: ‘Appointment of Director to Oversee the Office of the Managing Director/ CEO’ was signed by A.D Muhammad for the Honourable Minister.
The letter reads: “I am directed to inform you that the Honourable Minister has approved that Mr. Pwajok, Mathew Lawrence, Director of Operations oversee the Office of the Managing Director/ CEO pending the appointment of a substantive MD/CEO.”
Meanwhile, the minister, Hadi Sirika, has approved the re-appointments and redeployments of Directors and Special Assistants in the Office of the Honourable Minister and some of the aviation agencies – Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and NAMA.
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