The Good Governance Watch Initiative (GGWI) has argued that the relocation of the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to Lagos is in the most effective curiosity of the nation.
The group counseled the Minister of Aviation and House Improvement, Festus Keyamo, saying the transfer is acceptable and in the most effective curiosity of the nation.
Talking at a press convention on Friday in Abuja, Dr. Ikechukwu Cecilia, the Chairman of the group, added that Keyamo has sustained its outstanding turnaround within the aviation sector with good reforms and insurance policies.
Whereas calling on Nigerians to proceed to assist the minister, she mentioned the Federal Authorities has proven a honest need to deal with the quite a few financial challenges within the nation.
“The FAAN case exposes years of irrational selections by the previous authorities with out contemplating the financial implications of their actions. The relocation of FAAN from Lagos, the operational hub of air visitors in Nigeria on the time, was poorly thought out,” mentioned Cecilia.
“It didn't make sense for the operational headquarters to be situated exterior the place a lot of the actions happen. We all know that Lagos is the middle of aviation actions within the nation. FAAN is a service group legally charged with managing all business airports in Nigeria and offering service to passenger and cargo airways.
“This additionally stems from the truth that Lagos Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport remained the busiest airport in Nigeria for worldwide and home travellers, which has been the middle of economic actions within the nation. It due to this fact doesn’t make sense that the company accountable for managing our airports ought to function exterior Lagos for any purpose.
“The choice to relocate FAAN from Lagos was a misnomer that inspired the waste of the nation's scarce sources because the transfer to Abuja affected the operational effectivity of the company.
“Additionally it is on report that FAAN operates from makeshift workplace areas in Abuja. On the identical time, the previous headquarters in Lagos is rotting as a result of it’s not getting used. This doesn’t make financial sense. It was certainly for political causes and never for financial causes.
“The Honorable Minister of Aviation and House Improvement has taken a daring step within the reform of the aviation sector in Nigeria with this resolution. The minister confirmed management and foresight.
“He must be counseled for this initiative, and different ministers ought to observe his lead in pondering critically about how you can reposition their ministries by means of insurance policies that scale back waste and entrench a regime of transparency and accountability. ”
