FAAN MD tasks key players on constructive criticisms

THE Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu has urged critics across the aviation sector to always come up with constructive criticisms that will help move the sector forward.

This was just as the FAAN boss equally called on airlines, pilots, ground handlers, government agencies and other stakeholders to work together and give room for constructive criticisms.

Urging critics to come up with constructive criticisms, the FAAN boss equally urged airlines, pilots, ground handlers, government agencies and other stakeholders to work together and also try as much as possible to be open to constructive criticisms.

Yadudu, while speaking at the launch of a book titled ‘Troubled Skylines, Travails of Nigerian Commercial Aviation” by Group Captain John Ojikutu (retired), said it was not enough to have people with intelligence without the right attitude.

The FAAN chief, who appealed to stakeholders in the Nigeria’s aviation sector to come up with the right attitude so as to achieve the desired developments in the industry, advised stakeholders to endeavour to fix their attitudes for subsequent right commitments that would eventually lead to great achievements.

While identifying the biggest challenge in the industry to be partisanship, Yadudu traced this menace to educated people with high pedigree who he accused of causing problem in Nigeria.

According to him, once a professional has a partisan inclination, that undermines professionalism, adding that, this is the more reason countries lesser in terms of resources and human beings are doing much greater than what Nigeria is doing.

“Without proper coordination, it will never happen; we will sit as one after another book written by Group Captain Ojikutu or any other person and keep on lamenting. But let’s take charge. Let’s do the right thing, after all; when you write a book, it is a sign that you have intelligence, so with your intelligence let’s coordinate our actions.

“Let’s not act according to stereotype.  Let’s start working to fix our problems; let’s not reserve our lamentations for when we are launching books, when we are doing conferences, when we are going to different locations.”