Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Tuesday sacked 187 workers over irregular employment by the past management. Most of the effected staff were employed by the former Acting Director-General, NCAA, Engr. Benedict Adeyileka
Engr Benedict Adeyileka, now Director of Airworthiness and 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 and this received the approval of the Minister of Aviation, Chief. Osita Chidoka.
A letter with reference NCAA/DG/GEN/Vol.11/2014 signed by Mr A.M Yamsikit , General Manager, Human Resources, and distributed to the affected staff said "I refer to your appointment and subsequent resumption to duty and to inform you that the Ministry of Aviation 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 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 did not follow due process and receive approval from higher authorities. The salaries of the affected workers, a source in NCAA said, had since been suspended by the management.
The source added that the affected employees were hurriedly brought into the system towards the tail end of Adeyileka tenure as the Acting Director-General of the agency. No fewer than 700 employees had been engaged in NCAA in the past two years with most of them coming through the presidency, National Assembly and ministers.
Source: Vanguard