Fear grips top bosses in aviation agencies as more sack looms
By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo
There is palpable unease in the aviation sector following the removal of the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt Rabiu Yadudu, over the weekend after four years in office.
Yadudu was replaced with Mohamed Kabiru, who until his appointment was the Regional Manager of Abuja.
Former Chief of Staff to Engr Saleh Dunoma, Kabiru is a professional in airport management.
Discussions by workers of the agencies centred on the imminent removal of two other heads of agencies this week.
It was learnt that the Federal government has concluded arrangements to pull out two other aviation agency bosses.
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The Daily Times reliably gathered that one of the agency’s heads is to be replaced by a top management staff of a sister organisation.
According to closed sources in the ministry, over 25 directors will be affected in various agencies by changes. The sources hinted that their letters were ready and will be delivered to them this week.
Meanwhile, as the present administration of President Mohammadu Buhari winds up, some heads of the agencies in the aviation sector are now jittery, as the Federal government is set to relieve some of them of their jobs
Investigation carried out revealed that apart from Capt Rabiu Yadudu removal, indications are rife all the directors have been slated for sack while replacements have been sourced from within.
According to an impeccable source, a current serving general manager who is due to retire next month is being pencilled down for appointment as a director.
The crop of the current directors in FAAN were all brought into the system by Hadi Sirika and heavily criticized by the unions as misfits as they failed to perform based on a lack of knowledge of the system
Experienced directors were forced out of the system by politicians and replaced with their cronies at the detriment of the carrier civil servants.
