He said he would continue to build on the aviation sector road map developed by the immediate past administration with no plans to reinvent the wheel.
Keyamo stated this while assuming office in Abuja on Monday.
The minister noted that he liked the way the road map was structured saying, “I have read the road map, the one developed in 2016. I read it thoroughly. Our intention is not to disrupt things that have been done so well. If there are things that have not been done so well, we will look at them thoroughly.”
He added, “We may have to add to the road map but not to pull it down totally because I know it was a product of a roundtable held in 2016. So, if it was well-thought-out, and I like the structure that I saw.”
Keyamo further stated that he intended to get briefings in the next few days and come up with his own proposals to develop the sector.
He, however, pointed out that he had noted some items in the road map that needed to be looked into again to see how they could be done properly and improved upon.
Keyamo said, “For me, my watchword is transparency. At every point, the Nigerian people must understand what we are doing and carry everyone along so that we don’t have some of the complaints we had in the past. We are serving the Nigerian people. Everything I do has always been to satisfy the Nigerian people.
“We are going to move from very complex issues to simple issues that every Nigerian faces, complaints they have. They may not know the work we are doing behind in terms of safety, but usually, people appreciate what they see every day like the cleanliness of the environment, and how early they get their flights among others.
“At every point in time, we must put the people first. I intend to start getting briefings from the directors first, then agencies, starting tomorrow. The Permanent Secretary should draw a schedule for the briefings,” he stated.
The Permanent Secretary, earlier in his welcome remark, described the minister as someone grounded in law and result-oriented, adding that his appointment as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development was not a mistake but divinely arranged.
He said the ministry was set to reposition the aviation sector through the road map, assuring the minister of the commitment of the workforce to give him all the needed support.
He further called on the minister to use his in-depth knowledge to address some litigation issues in the ministry.
