Aviation Agencies Struggling With Over-Bloated Staff, Need Rejigging – Stakeholder

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of West Link Airlines, Captain Ibrahim Mshelia, has said that the six aviation agencies in Nigeria are over-bloated with unnecessary staff and require rejigging.

Mshelia stated that each of the agencies: the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) is saturated with support staff.

According to him, support staff in each of the agencies take up to 90 percent of the total workforce, while the technical staff are left with merely 10 per cent.

Mshelia stated this on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, in his paper: “How Domestic Airlines Can Sustain Operations In The Face Of The Global Energy Challenge,” at the 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM)/ Conference of the Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (NATCA).

Mshelia insisted that the high number of staff in the agencies was responsible for some of the challenges faced by airlines in the sector, alleging that most of them focus on revenue generation, rather than provision of quality services to their clients.