… states ‘N500m will be conserved’ each year
Festus Keyamothe Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, just recently renewed strategies to move the head office of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos.
Regardless of objections from some quarters, Keyamo revealed his steady dedication to the moving throughout a look on Channels Television’s Politics Today program.
He described that the choice originated from financial and functional factors to consider.
According to Keyamo, moving FAAN’s head office to Lagos would lead to substantial expense savings and enhanced performance, as authorities presently invest significant quantities on air tickets travelling in between Lagos and Abuja.
Keyamo stated that leading FAAN authorities and air travel unions have actually supported the relocation, highlighting its possible advantages for functional efficiency and resource optimization.
Relating To President Bola Tinubu’s awareness of the choice, he specified, “I take the choice; it’s a choice under the province of a minister”.
He clarified that just the head office of among the 7 air travel companies in the nation is being moved from Abuja to Lagos.
Keyamo highlighted that when his predecessor, Hadi Sirika, transferred the head office of all air travel firms from Lagos to Abuja in 2020, no sufficient arrangement was produced the primary officers like the directors and the departments under them.
He stressed that the head office is where the decision-makers satisfy, not where the biggest variety of employees are and not where the greatest structure is. He kept in mind that over 100 of the 132 employees at the head workplace remain in Lagos while just the directors remain in Abuja– without their assistance staffers.
Keyamo likewise pointed out that the whole circumstance is intensified by the truth that FAAN is not yet digitalized, leading to an expense of half a billion naira on flight tickets in between Lagos and Abuja alone in one year.
“You see them flying every day to-and-fro Abuja to get one file signed. They fly daily backward and forward. In one year, they invested near to half a billion naira on flight tickets. N450m on flight tickets alone,” he stated.