Aviation Ministry Adopts Digital Platform To Streamline Operations.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced the commencement of a disciplined digital practice aimed at ending paper-based processes within the ministry.

Keyamo made this known in Abuja during the launch of the Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS), describing the initiative as a major step toward improving efficiency and service delivery.

According to the minister, the deployment of the ECMS will eliminate manual bottlenecks, shorten approval cycles, and strengthen service delivery across all units of the ministry.

“For the country as a whole, this unified platform also guarantees national sovereignty of our digital infrastructure. From this point forward, the era of paper-based processing within this Ministry must give way to disciplined digital practice,” he said.

Speaking at the event, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, commended the leadership of the ministry for its foresight and applauded directors and staff for embracing change.

“It is a pleasure to be here today at the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development for the official launch of the Enterprise Content Management System,” she said.

“In a sector where safety, accuracy, and timeliness were non-negotiable, relying on paper files that occasionally developed wings of their own is no longer sustainable,” she added.

She noted that in a technically intensive ministry where documentation underpins safety standards and international obligations, the shift to digital processes is essential.

“In a technically intensive Ministry where documentation underpins safety standards and international obligations, choosing to go digital is not just progressive but essential,” Walson-Jack said.

According to her, the ministry occupies a strategic position in Nigeria’s national development architecture, enabling connectivity, trade, tourism, security, and technological advancement.

“Today’s event is far more than the deployment of a digital system, but a statement of intent by a Ministry whose mandate spans aviation regulation, airport development, air transport services, meteorology, and the expanding aerospace ecosystem,” she said.

“With today’s launch, I am pleased to formally welcome the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development into the growing community of ECMS users across the Federal Civil Service,” she added.

“You are joining a movement that is discovering, sometimes as a pleasant surprise, that digital files do not hide in cupboards, disappear into drawers, or wait patiently for someone to remember where they were kept.”

Walson-Jack explained that the deployment of the ECMS on the Federal Government’s 1Gov Cloud platform represents a fundamental shift in how public service business is conducted.

She said the ministry would benefit from secure digital records, automated workflows, electronic approvals, interoperability, and real-time collaboration, noting that decisions would now be driven by timely access to information rather than the physical location of files.