Sack fever grips NCAA, NAMA heads, after FAAN MD, directors’ removal

Sack fever grips NCAA, NAMA heads, after FAAN MD, directors’ removal 

The Federal Government has sacked the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu.

Directors at FAAN were also removed, a move expected to be extended to other heads of the aviation agencies in the country, Newstrends learnt on Sunday.

A new managing director, Kabir Yusuf Mohammed, has been appointed for FAAN and he is expected to resume duty next week.

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Yadudu appointed in 2019 was relieved of his job on Friday along with five other directors of the agency.

The new FAAN boss KY Mohammed was until his appointment the Regional General Manager, North Central, Airport Manager at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Fear has reportedly gripped heads of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), National Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), as well as directors in the agencies as there are indications that they would face a similar fate this week.

Already, some senior personnel at the NCAA have reportedly turned their resignation letters over what they termed underhand moves by the Ministry of Aviation to alter the rules to enable the controversial national carrier, Nigeria Air, to commence operations this week.

Sack fever grips NCAA, NAMA heads, after FAAN MD, directors’ removal