Imminent sack looms in aviation sector •As 8 FAAN GMs received sack letters written by Shola Adekola, Lagos(Nigerian Tribune)

IMMINENT sack looms across the aviation agencies in the country, with over 1,000 pencilled down for the exercise.
According to information gathered at the weekend, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will suffer the highest casualty in an exercise which had already commenced.
Also, the sack of general managers who have been in positions for eight years fell in line with the latest directive from the office of the Head of Civil Service.
It was gathered that the Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, was said to have ordered the sack of more than half of the workforce of the FAAN, which currently had about 4,500 workforce nationwide.
When contacted on phone, the Special Assistant to the minister, Joe Obi, said he was not aware of such move.
Meanwhile, it has been gathered that general managers who had spent eight years and above in their positions, were the first casualties, while others, who have put in 25 years and above, might also be affected.
As at Friday, no fewer than eight general mangers in FAAN had been issued sack letters by the management.
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