The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has said that the Banjul Accord Group (BAG) member states have been tasked to prioritise aviation infrastructure development and create conducive environment to attract investments. Speaking during the 4th Council of Ministers after the 18th Plenary Session of BAG in Abuja on Thursday, Keyamo said…
Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, has refuted online claims that a lengthy concession period has been agreed upon for Enugu International Airport. Keyamo described these reports on Enugu Airport as “utterly baseless and untrue,” emphasising that while the Federal Government is evaluating proposals for the concession of five major airports,…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday, received the Jamaican Ambassador to Nigeria, Lincoln Downer, and the his Consular, Andre Hibbert, to his office in Abuja, for a significant diplomatic engagement. According to a statement signed by Tunde Moshood, Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation…
The Ambassador of Algeria, H.E. Mezoued Hochine, paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), seeking approval for Air Algérie’s new flight route from Algiers-Abuja-Douala, scheduled to launch on April 6th as the airline’s 7th route in Africa. The Honourable Minister warmly welcomed the…
The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, accompanied by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, commissioned the newly installed E-gates at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The project was funded by the UBA Group through a Public-Private Partnership with FAAN, is…
The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has announced the appointment of new directors across the agencies. This was disclosed in a press release signed by the head of press, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, on Thursday. Below are the appointed directors with their names and offices: Nigerian Meteorological Agency 967.4ar- Punch 1. Prof Vincent…
The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the award of a contract for the supply and installation of customised exclusive and narcotic detection screening systems for four international airports nationwide. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the close of this week’s Council meeting presided over…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, has summoned heads of regulatory agencies over safety concerns in the aviation industry. Keyamo, on Monday, said a comprehensive review of recent incidents will be done in the meeting with the heads of regulatory agencies. The minister in a statement said, “Due to safety concerns in…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo has reacted to the picketing of the Abuja airport by organised labour. Reacting, Keyamo faulted labour’s action and warned them against politicizing the exercise Labour had early this morning blocked the airport owing to its faceoff with the Imo State government after the president of the…
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo has threatened to sack chief executives of the aviation agencies under his ministry than lose his own job. Keyamo spoke in Lagos at the one-day stakeholders’ meeting, the first to be held since he assumed office. Recall the ministers serving in the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government had…
