The Federal Government of Nigeria sacked about 21 senior officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in a major shake-up.
Those
affected, including directors, general managers and deputy general
managers, were on Wednesday, reportedly handed their termination of
appointment letters.
It was reported that the sacking was the first batch of the shake-up planned by the government to reposition FAAN.
Stakeholders
said that the Federal Government had been concerned about certain
issues at FAAN such as the engagement of about 40 general managers, the
creation of many directorates that brought about duplication of duties
and raised the authority’s monthly overhead to an estimated 800 million
Naira. Sources
said the government planned to reduce the number of workers by way of
restructuring in order to cushion the effects of the current economic
crisis.
Some of
the general managers were said not to have the requisite qualifications
for the sensitive positions they held, as many of them, including deputy
general managers, had reportedly left the university about 10 years ago
and could not have qualified for the office they held.
Almost
all the directors were said to have been affected, while an acting
director of finance was said to have been demoted to Grade Level 10 and
redeployed to the Department of Information Communications and
Technology. Many of the affected officers were moved from Grade Levels 17 and 16 down to 10, 12 and 14. Some of
the demoted workers were said to have received their letters,
authorising them to report to their superiors, who were their
subordinates before the exercise.
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