Former workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have launched Former Airport Administrators Network (FAANET), a body with plans to give back to the sector their wealth of experience garnered from same environment.
The new body duly registered with and recognised by the Corporate Affairs Commission, the ex-workers said will become very active in helping to shape and foster continuous improvements in airport administration in Nigeria.
According to Comrade Jolly Iyotoide Ndidi, a retired General Manager, Human Resources, FAAN, who is the pioneer Board of Trustees (BOT) chairman, FAANET’s debut will sharpen the system, proffer solutions to myraids of problems in the aviation sector, from experiential perspectives and rich institutional memory.
“We saw the need to give a voice to the collateral wealth of knowledge we have garnered in our service to our fatherland, as airport administrators spanning many years, in order to connect the past with the presen. It it will be unfair if we sit back and watch without giving back to the system that has invested too much in our lives.”, he said.
Ndidi commended the current Management and staff of FAAN for the infrastructure renewal and proces improvements at the airports.
Members of the BOT include Comrade Adetomiwa Simeon Kolawole (Retired General Manager, Credit Control, FAAN) as secretary, Engr. Sadiq Muhammad Tijjani (Retired Director of Engineering Services, FAAN), Hajia Salamatu Baiwa Umar-Eluma (Retired Director of Human Resources, FAAN), Alh. Ibrahim Daiyabu Sulaiman (Retired General Manager, FAAN), Comrade Awolowo Okogbo (a retired officer of ARFFS, FAAN), and Mrs. Nwokoye Ebele Angela (a retired officer of Operations Directorate, FAAN).
The Trustees expressed deep gratitude to some veterans in the sector for their support towards the registration of FAANET. They include Hajia Salamatu, Jolly Ndidi, Awolowo Okogbo, Mrs. Olonishakin, Emeto Phillips, J. B. Shalangwa, M. A. Akewushola and Engr. Sadiq M. Tijani.
