Minister of Aviation, and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has sacked all the Directors under five (5) Agencies of the ministry.

This comes a few hours after the sack of the Chief Executive Officers of the same Agencies by the President.

In a statement signed by Odutayo Oluseyi, the minister explained the shake up is aimed to reposition the Aviation industry and ensure safety and efficient air travel experience by Nigerians.

“In line with the Renewed Hope agenda of Mr President, I am directed to inform all DIRECTORS of the following agencies that they have been relieved of their appointments forthwith and should hand over to the most senior officer in their various directorates with immediate effect.

“The Directors of the affected agencies are as follows:

• Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria         (FAAN)

• Nigeria Metrological Agency                       (NiMET)

• Nigeria Airspace Management Agency        (NAMA)

• Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority                  (NCAA)

• Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau    (NSIB)

“I am also to inform all the agencies’ Board Secretaries and Legal Advisers that they are not affected by this directive.

“All affected DIRECTORS are to ensure strict compliance, please,” the statement said.