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President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the removal of Dr. Harold Olusegun Demuren from office as the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviuation Authority (NCAA) with effect from today, March 12.
The two paragraph statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media, to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sam Nwaobasi, said Demuren’s removal is due to his “unsatisfactory response to the numerous concerns of stakeholders in the aviation sector.”
The statement added that the President wishes him well in his future endeavours. Demuren has been directed to hand over to the most senior official in the authority, who will be in an acting capacity. His sudden disengagement yesterday took staff of the authority by surprise as most of them received the news late in the evening.
Demuren, who was appointed in 2007 after series of air crashes jolted the nation, was seen as the best thing to have happened to the aviation sector.
During his tenure, the sector was stabilized and safety level improved. The culmination of his success led to award of US-FAA Category 1 status in 2010. However, the National Assembly, especially the Senate committee on Aviation had heavily came down on Demuren and indicted him in the Dana crash of June 3, 2012 saying there were various anomalies in the regulatory procedures.
What seem to have sealed Demuren’s fate was the recent restoration of Dana’s Air Operating Licence (AOC).
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