Aviation Ministry Adopts ECMS For Full Digital Operations

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, alongside the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, has unveiled the Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) as part of efforts to move the Ministry from manual paperwork to a fully digital operational framework.

The unveiling was announced in a statement signed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, who described the initiative as a major milestone in the Ministry’s digital transformation drive.

According to the statement, the ECMS is expected to strengthen aviation and aerospace policies, certifications, programmes, and oversight functions by ensuring reliable record-keeping and timely access to accurate information.

Speaking at the event, Walson-Jack said the ECMS goes beyond being a digital platform, noting that it represents a commitment to safety, accountability, institutional memory, and service excellence within the aviation and aerospace sector.

“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. Any day we gather to reduce paper, speed up work, and locate files without embarking on a search-and-rescue mission is a good day indeed,” she said.

She noted that the Ministry occupies a strategic position in Nigeria’s national development architecture, driving connectivity, trade, tourism, security, and technological advancement, adding that the ECMS launch sends a clear signal of intent from a ministry with extensive responsibilities.

“In a sector where safety, accuracy, and timeliness are non-negotiable, reliance on paper files that occasionally develop wings of their own is no longer sustainable,” Walson-Jack stated.

Commending the leadership and staff of the Ministry, she praised their readiness to embrace change, describing the transition to digital operations as essential in a technically intensive sector where documentation underpins safety standards and international obligations.

“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. 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,” she said.

Walson-Jack explained that deploying the ECMS on the 1Gov Cloud platform represents a significant shiftin public service operations, offering secure digital records, automated workflows, electronic approvals, interoperability, and real-time collaboration.

“The most important feature of this system is that decisions will now be driven by timely access to information, rather than the physical location of files,” she added.

She further noted that the development positions the Ministry to meet the Federal Government’s directive to fully digitalise work processes by 31 December 2025, directing that all official correspondence should henceforth be routed through the approved digital platform.

On his part, Keyamo described the ECMS as well-suited to the aviation sector due to its vast and decentralised structure.

He said: “It appears that this system, the 1Gov ECMS, is designed for aviation”.

He explained that the system would reduce delays previously caused by extensive paperwork exchanged across airports, agencies, and headquarters.