The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),
yesterday, sacked 187 workers over irregular employment by the past management.
Most of the affected staff were employed by the
former acting Director-General (DG), NCAA, Mr Benedict Adeyileka, now the
director, Airworthiness.
The Human Resources director of the agency, Mr
Austin Amadi, have since also been placed on suspension by the current NCAA DG,
Dr Mukhtar Usman, with the approval of the minister of aviation, Mr Osita
Chidoka.
A letter, with reference NCAA/DG/GEN/Vol.11/2014,
signed by the general manager, Human Resources, Mr A.M Yamsikit, and
distributed to the affected staff read, “I refer to your appointment and
subsequent resumption to duty and wish to inform you that the Ministry of
Aviation has directed that your appointment be suspended with immediate effect,
pending the completion of an investigation being conducted by the ministry.
“In the meantime, you are directed to hand over all
the NCAA property, including your identity card to your head of department
while further developments on the matter will be communicated to you in due
course, please.”
The management further said that the engagement of
the employees neither followed due process nor received approval from higher
authorities. The salaries of the affected workers, a source in the NCAA said,
had since been suspended by the management. The source added that the affected
employees were hurriedly brought into the system towards the end of Adeyileka
tenure as the acting DG of the agency.
No
fewer than 700 employees has been engaged in the NCAA in the past two years
with most of them coming through the presidency, National Assembly and
ministers.
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