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Abuja, Jan. 7, 2024 – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has offset $61.64 million of Nigeria’s debts to foreign airlines operating in the country. This is intended at clearing the backlog of unrepatriated ticket revenues of the foreign airlines which accumulated due to lack of foreign exchange. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the debts stand at about $790 million. Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali, the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department in CBN, described the gesture as a relief to the foreign airlines, some of whom had …

Abuja, Dec. 21, 2023 – The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has appointed new directors for the five agencies whose directors were sacked by the ministry. The ministry relieved the heads of these agencies and their directors of their jobs last week. The affected agencies are the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Metrological Agency (MiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB). The new appointment was announced on Thursday through a press statement signed by Odutayo …

Abuja, Dec. 14, 2023 – All the directors in parastatal agencies under the Federal Ministry of Aviation have been sacked. This is following the sack of the chief executive of these agencies as announced by the presidency on Wednesday. These parastatal agencies are the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology and Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, had directed …

Abuja, Dec. 13, 2023 – Commercial airlines operating in Nigeria are to pay compensation to passengers for delayed or canceled flights as from January. Mr Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation, said this when he appeared before the Joint Committee of the National Assembly on Aviation for 2024 budget defense. He said that the ministry also planned to publish the list of airlines that delayed or canceled flights in the media on a weekly basis as part of the efforts. “I have called the consumer protection commission regarding the treatment …

Abuja, Aug. 15, 2023 – Workers in the security and logistics sections at the airports are to proceed on immediate strike from Wednesday, August 16, 2023, following poor wages. The directive was issued by their union, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE). The directive was copied to the Director-General of Civil Aviation, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police, Airports Command, the Airport Commandant, Director, Department of State Security at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The circular, signed by the General Secretary of NUATE, …