Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, on Friday signed Performance Contract Agreements with the Permanent Secretary and the MDs/CEOs of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Aviation, warning of “severe consequences for failure and under-performance.”
The ceremony, which held at the minister’s conference room, was witnessed by the Minister of National Planning, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Ntufam Fidel Ugbo.
The minister warned the Permanent Secretary, Ms Anne Ene-Ita, the Managing Directors of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. George Ureisi, and Mazi Nnamdi Udoh respectively, the Director- General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Dr. Anthony Anuforum, and the Commissioner, Accident Investigations Bureau, Captain Mukthar Usman, during the ceremony that there would be zero tolerance for under-performance at the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
“As you are all aware, the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan, is a pact for service delivery and accountability in Nigeria. In the same vein, the aviation sector’s transformation programme focuses on becoming a world-class provider of safe, secure and comfortable air transport sector that is self-sustaining and pivotal to the socio-economic growth of Nigeria. These objectives cannot be achieved if we do not set our targets and be held accountable our actions, decisions and promises.
‘’Based on the agreements being signed today, your performance will be evaluated annually. I wish to underscore the seriousness attached to this initiative and to emphasise the fact that the current leadership has zero tolerance for failure and under- performance. To be sure, there will be very severe consequences for failure and under- performance,” the minister warned.
She said for the initiative to succeed in the aviation sector, greater synergy and coordination must be built, adding that the planning, research and statistics department (PRS) will be strengthened to deliver timely results of monitoring and evaluation.