Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has issued a timely admonition to the recently appointed Chief Executive Officers and Directors in the Aviation industry.
He emphasised that if their motive for accepting the appointment is to engage in corrupt practices, they should step down from their positions.
Keyamo further asserted his commitment to promptly report any agency head involved in corruption to law enforcement agencies.
These remarks were made during the induction ceremony for the newly appointed CEOs and directors of the Aviation industry on Thursday.
The agencies with new CEOs and Directors are; the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB)
The warning is coming amidst a case of corruption in one of the federal ministries and an agency under it.
Keyamo said: “This is a call to service and a call to service goes more than pecuniary gains. It is an invitation to come and serve the nation and to show the world what you can do in public service and how much you can improve things from where they were when you were called to serve”
The minister, who likened the ministry to football players and coaches, said: “In football, when a team is not doing well, it is the coach that gets fired and I used to wonder why it is the coach because it is clear that it is the footballer that is not doing well but the coach gets fired.
“I have come to realize that it is the responsibility of the coach to pick his team. So, they don’t attack the coach but the team. So, the changes made in the aviation sector are aimed at making sure the players play according to the vision and the plan of the coach. It is not as if the people that you are replacing were bad people, they are Nigerians too but it is about the coach picking his team to actualize his vision and for the players to play to actualize the vision of the coach and that is what you must realize.
“The uniqueness of the aviation ministry is that, unlike other ministries, most of the work of the aviation ministry is in the agencies and not the ministry. Work in terms of regulation and revenue. So, you must understand that most of the work is in your hands and it will require you to work assiduously to ensure that there is a breath of fresh air entirely in the aviation ministry.”
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
