Babatunde Omotoba | |
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Federal Minister of Aviation | |
In office 17 December 2008 –17 March 2010 | |
Preceded by | Felix Hyatt (Minister of State) |
Succeeded by | Fidelia Njeze |
Personal details | |
Born | September 27,1969 |
Babatunde Omotoba was appointed Federal Minister of Aviation by President Umaru Yar'Adua on 17 December 2008. [1] He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet. [2]
Omotoba studied Civil Engineering at the University of Benin,gaining a first class degree. He worked as a Construction and Structural Engineer on several Nigerian government projects. He was a Manager at Arthur Andersen in Nigeria in the financial services,manufacturing,commercial and telecoms groups. Omotoba obtained a master's degree in Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management in 2003. [3] Omotoba worked for several years after graduating from Kellogg as vice president of Smith Whiley &Company's private equity division in Evanston,Illinois,USA. Before being appointed Minister of Aviation,Omotoba was a director at Africa Finance Corporation,a multibillion-dollar investment fund. [4]
Omotoba was appointed Federal Minister of Aviation on 17 December 2008. [1] In March 2009,Omotoba sacked the managing director of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency and nine directors in three aviation parastatals,apparently due to concerns over handling of funds. [5]
In April 2009,he said he had reviewed all agreements the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria had signed with concessionaires and concluded that some were completely lopsided,ignoring the interests of the government. [6] In September 2009,Omotoba was directed by the attorney-general Michael Aondoakaa to hand over the General Aviation Terminal of the old domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Lagos) to Bi-Courteny Aviation Services Limited. [7]
Also that month,talking about the financial difficulties faced by several Nigerian airlines,Omotoba said government had not rules out any form of bail-out for the airlines. He also suggested the airlines should seriously consider mergers and alliances. [8] He ruled out enactment of the Fly Nigeria Act as a way of supporting local airlines,saying the local carriers had to improve their safety record before the Nigerian elite would use them instead of the manor international airlines. [9]
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