The Joint Action Congress (JAC), an umbrella body of the various aviation unions, has rallied behind the confirmation of Capt. Chris Najomo as the substantive Director-General of the Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
The congress, representing unionists at the NCAA, rose from their recent extraordinary leadership meeting, expressing confidence in the leadership of the apex regulatory body for aviation, as currently led by Najomo, in acting capacity.
JAC, in a communiqué, stated that a new culture of dignity and value for the workforce birthed under the current management “totally fits into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, and is now the driving force unlocking several milestone achievements across the entire Aviation Industry as guided by Honorable Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo’s five-point agenda for the aviation sector.”
The workers commended several Principal Aviation Stakeholders, who have acknowledged the good work done by Najomo to reposition Civil Aviation in Nigeria since he assumed office about 10 months ago.
JAC added that the evaluation and assessment of the performance of Najomo so far, in line with President Tinubu’s policy coordination and delivery for all Heads of Agencies of government, could best be achieved by relying on feedback from the aviation industry stakeholder’s majority of whom have express plaudits for the current leadership at NCAA.
They, however, reminded the federal government that aviation is a precision industry with no margin of error world-wide.
“Regulatory and oversight demands firm and professional leadership, which cannot be subjected to political whims and caprices.
“JAC believed that Nigeria having found a formula that works in its civil aviation regulatory leadership, should rationally embrace and build upon this formula in order to continue the repositioning of the industry into an hub of civil aviation in Africa, as led by the Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN).”