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Restructuring
By Solomon Asowata
Lagos, Oct.19, 2016 (NAN) The Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) has urged the Federal Government to extend the restructuring exercise at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to other agencies in the sector.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Abdulrasaq Saidu, Secretary General, ANAP, made the call while speaking with aviation correspondents on Wednesday in Lagos.
NAN reports that the government had recently sacked and demoted some directors and general managers of the FAAN.
The government also named two new directors for the organisation on Tuesday.
Saidu urged the government to extend the exercise to other agencies, particularly the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
“The changes that were made in FAAN are not complete and ought to go round the parastatals across the industry.
“We have seen and welcomed that of FAAN, though, it is not complete yet, because they must revert to the operational structure, in line with the Act that originally established it.
“This is because they have over-bloated staff brought from outside to squander money, placing them above people who have been working over the years.
“So, we welcome the step taken in FAAN, and want it to be extended to NCAA, NAMA and other agencies where such wrongful placements were carried out,” he said.
Saidu also said that ANAP would resist any attempt by the government to concession the Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt airports.
He faulted the previous concession arrangements done in the sector and said there was no rationale for government to concession the four major airports.
Saidu said that ANAP’s goal was to constantly engage the government through constructive dialogue on the state of affairs in the aviation sector, toward moving the industry forward. (NAN)
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Edited by Folorunso Poroye/Oluwole Sogunle