Barrister Festus Egwarewa Keyamo, Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Egwarewa Keyamo, has pledged to attend the fast approaching, 28th edition of the annual international conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents in Nigeria, LAAC-N. The August event will take place at the Providence Hotel, Government Reservation Area, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday 26th JULY 2024.
According to the acceptance message from the Minister, he said the theme of this year’s conference couldn’t have been any better as he claimed it would provide him with an opportunity to listen and learn from the tested and proven resource persons pencilled to do justice to various issues to be dissected and digested at the talk shop.
The conference is themed, “Aviation Survivability Amidst A Challenging Macro-economic Environment” Hence, the Minister was of the opinion that by the time justice is seen to have been done to the subjects and the sub-themes he would have been availed with abundant strategies to deploy in bringing aviation back to its enviable heights.
Keyamo’s optimism as expressed in his response to the LAAC invitation goes thus, “I have no doubt the deliberations and solutions that would be proffered at the 2024 edition of LAAC conference by the array of seasoned experts and stakeholders at this year’s edition, will make my job as the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development a simple task”, he said.
A media statement by the conference organizing committee said the Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Engr. Umar Farouk will deliver the keynote speech, while the panel session will include the Acting. Director General, Civil Aviation, Ag DGCA, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Capt. Chris Najomo, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, and Dr Wale Babalakin, Chairman, Bicourtney Aviation Services Limited, BASL, as panellists.
The statement said the event would be chaired by the Chief Executive Officer of CITA Group, Dr Thomas Ogungbangbe, at the same time a former Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Captain Hamisu Yadudu, will moderate the sessions.
Other key discussants include a former Rector of Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, Capt Samuel Caulcrick, and the Second Vice President, of Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative, ASRTI, Dr Alex Nwuba, who will speak.
According to the statement, other dignitaries at the panel session include the Chairman of Airlines Operators of Nigeria, AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa, and Mr. Olaniyi Adigun, Chairman of the Association of Ground Handlers of Nigeria, AGHAN.
“The LAAC 2024 Annual Conference will stand out from the past editions because of the aptness of issues to be discussed and the quality of industry leaders and dignitaries that will be available to brainstorm on how the industry can navigate through the existing growth constraining challenges, especially aspects that have to do with economics,” the leaders of the committee noted.
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