Barr Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development, Special Guest of Honour
An array of distinguished aviators, aviation enthusiasts, successful managers at various levels of the aviation value chain and those leading in providing policy and political direction for Nigeria’s air transport industry have severally and collectively agreed to attend the second edition of SAPTCO’s annual talk show.
Leading the expected distinguished guests is Barr Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, including Capt Chris Ona Najomo, Director General Civil Aviation, DGCA, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, including the immediate past DGCA of Nigeria’s CAA, Capt Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, among others who have all confirmed they shall be in attendance at the august event scheduled for 11:00HRS on Thursday, 5th of November 2026.
According to a media statement by organizers of the event, Saptco communications limited, Dr Harold Olusegun Demuren, who delivered the inaugural lecture has also confirmed he would be in attendance and has been bestowed the father of the day.
The statement reiterated that this year’s lecture will be delivered by Ms. Iyabo O. Sosina, a former Secretary General of Africa Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), who was instrumental to the conceptualisation and launching of the Single African Air Transport Market, SAATM, project during her tenure in AFCAC.
According to Mr. Adurogboye, Managing Consultant, SAPTCO communications, “this year’s lecture would help to redirect African leaders attention to the goals of SAATM which includes Open Skies Policy, Traffic Freedoms and the long standing 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision”.
Launched in January 2018, SAATM is an African Union project designed to create a single, unified civil aviation market across Africa.
The statement enunciated that, the initiative is intended to open up the continent’s skies, lower air fares and increase intra African travel and trade, as well as serve as a major building block for the broader African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
SAPTCO managing consultant said, unfortunately, this laudable program is yet to become a reality years after it was launched.
He however expressed the hope that the lecture serve as a catalyst for, ‘’ effective implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market [SAATM] leading to better connectivity, economic growth and lower costs of operations and many more benefits to the continent of African’’.
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