FG Asks FAAN, NCAA, NAMA, AIB To Relocate Headquarters To Abuja
Four aviation agencies in the country, namely – the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) – have been directed by the federal government to relocate their head offices to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The federal government issued the directive to the affected agencies through the Ministry of Aviation.
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The ministry, in a tweet on Friday, said the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, gave the agencies 45 days to comply with the directive.
The ministry said the directive was in line with “the Presidential directives given in 2012” to enable the federal government to save cost.
The ministry had communicated the directive to the chief executive officers of the affected agencies in a letter titled “Relocation of Aviation Agencies’ Headquarters to Abuja” with reference number: FMA/PMD/7061/T/4, reports Premium Times.
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The letter which was dated May 4, 2020 and signed by the Director, Human Resource Management, Muhammad Shehu, reads: “I am directed to remind you of the presidential directive issued in 2012 requesting agencies under the ministry to relocate their corporate headquarters to the Federal Capital Territory for efficient and effective coordination and enhanced service delivery between the ministry and its agencies and to note that, eight years after the directives, the agencies are yet to comply.
“Accordingly, considering the current situation and the economic impact worldwide, as well as the need to reduce the cost of governance and manage the scare resources in a sustainable way, it has become imperative and further to the Honourable Minister’s directives (copy attached) to request that you facilitate and complete the relocation exercise of your corporate headquarters to Abuja within the next 45 days, in line with earlier directives.”
