About
21 senior officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria were on
Wednesday sacked in a major shake-up.
Those
affected, including directors, general managers and deputy general managers,
were reportedly handed their termination of appointment letters.
Sources
at the head office of FAAN in Lagos said that no fewer than
10 general managers were reportedly demoted. They were said to have earlier
been improperly promoted.
It
was learnt from an official of the Ministry of Aviation that the sacking was
the first batch of the shake-up planned by the government to reposition FAAN.
Stakeholders
said the Federal Government had been concerned about certain issues at FAAN
such as the engagement of about 40 general managers, the creation of many
directorates that brought about duplication of duties and raised the
authority’s monthly overhead to an estimated N800m.
Sources
said the government planned to reduce the number of workers by way of
restructuring in order to cushion the effects of the current economic crisis.
Some
of the general managers were said not to have the requisite qualifications for
the sensitive positions they held, as many of them, including deputy general
managers, had reportedly left the university about 10 years ago and could not
have qualified for the office they held.
Almost
all the directors were said to have been affected, while an acting director of
finance was said to have been demoted to Grade Level 10 and redeployed to the
Department of Information Communications and Technology.
Many
of the affected officers were moved from Grade Levels 17 and 16 down to 10, 12
and 14.
Some
of the demoted workers were said to have received their letters, authorising
them to report to their superiors, who were their subordinates before the
exercise.
Meanwhile,
new directors of finance and accounts, as well as commercial and business
development, have been appointed.
The
Federal Government is also reportedly planning to reduce the number of
directorates in the aviation agencies as part of the restructuring exercise.
This,
it was learnt, would affect the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.
The
restructuring at the airports is said to be the fallout of a panel’s report
headed by the Head of Service, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, which recommended the
need for a proper placement in FAAN.
The
NAMA may get a new managing director before December as its acting Managing
Director, Emmanuel Anasi, is expected to proceed on terminal leave by the end
of the year.
Source:
The Punch
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