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Najomo may get DG NCAA confirmation after Nuhu’s tenure ends Feb 2025

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Najomo may get DG NCAA confirmation after Nuhu’s tenure ends Feb 2025

FG applies delay strategy to solve leadership conundrum   The controversy that led to the Federal Government’s inability to proceed to confirm the appointment of the Acting Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo as substantive DG of the agency is expected to come to an end soon. Reason: The Director-General of NCAA recognized by law, Capt. Musa Nuhu’s five-year tenure comes to an end in February 2025. This could pave…

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Confirm Najomo as substantive DG NCAA, operators, stakeholders plead with Tinubu

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Confirm Najomo as substantive DG NCAA, operators, stakeholders plead with Tinubu

Stakeholders made up of some airline operators and opinion moulders in the aviation industry have called for the immediate confirmation of Capt. Chris Najomo as the substantive Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. They stated this while paying glowing tribute to a man they said has brought transformation to the regulatory agency since his appointment last year and affirmed that it is high time President Bola Tinubu confirmed him as substantive head of the…

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Plaudits for Acting DG NCAA, Najomo for aviation sector reform

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Plaudits for Acting DG NCAA, Najomo for aviation sector reform

Plaudits have come the way of the Acting Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for reforms he has brought to the agency. The commendation is coming from the spokesman for African Aviation Renaissance Group (AARG), Comrade Akanbi Adimula, adding that the NCAA has once again reinforced the time-tested solution to the challenge of leadership and position mismatch in our national life. Adimula stated that in early 2024 when the Minister of Aviation effected changes…

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Najomo’s appointment based on Nuhu’s suspension, remains Acting DG, says Minister

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Najomo’s appointment based on Nuhu’s suspension, remains Acting DG, says Minister

Contrary to claims that the tenure of the Acting Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Chris Najomo ended on Wednesday, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development said Najomo remains the Acting DG of the agency. The Ministry was reacting to a Punch Newspaper story of June 19th 2024 titled “Worry as NCAA Acting Director-General (DG) tenure expires”. In a statement by the Head, of Press and Public Affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi disclosed that…

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NCAA DG conundrum unsettles nerves as Nuhu holds on as ‘substantive’, Najomo ‘acting’

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NCAA DG conundrum unsettles nerves as Nuhu holds on as ‘substantive’, Najomo ‘acting’

The inability to resolve the position of the suspended Director-General of Nigerian Civil (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu is unsettling nerves and may complicate the confirmation of Captain Chris Najomo as substantive head of the aviation regulatory body. Capt. Nuhu’s counsel from Chamo & Ismail law firm while taking a formal pre-action notice against a media house (Not Aviation Metric) on an article it described as defamatory published on May 17, 2024, titled “EFCC to arraign…

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Unions laud Najomo’s giant strides in aviation

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Unions laud Najomo’s giant strides in aviation

Unions in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA (NCAA) have lauded the Acting Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo, saying he has brought hope to a beleaguered aviation sector. The NCAA branch unions of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) said the authority has witnessed a significant improvement in workers’ welfare, technical achievements, and industrial peace. In…

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Emulate Adurogboye, Najomo tells public relations managers, encomium pours in for ex-image maker

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Emulate Adurogboye, Najomo tells public relations managers, encomium pours in for ex-image maker

Sam Adurogboye is a man of few words. His handling of the public relations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for many years placed him in the same bracket with notable names of public relations experts. Even at a difficult period when the aviation regulatory body was in the eyes of the storm over so many missteps of its Directors-General, Adurogboye conveyed the messages in a very convincing manner that helped the agency to…

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