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Finally, AIB moves headquarters to Abuja

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) said it has commenced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Lagos State to Abuja.

This move, is in compliance with the ministerial directive that ordered all aviation agencies to relocate their corporate headquarters to Abuja.

The agency said AIB’s Commissioner/CEO, Akin Olateru, and other strategic officers had since been operating from Abuja.

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“This is to ensure an efficient and effective coordination and enhanced service delivery between the Federal Ministry of Aviation and its agencies,” the AIB said in statement.

The agency recalled that the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika had, in a letter dated May 4, 2020, ordered all the agencies under the Ministry to relocate their Headquarters office to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja within 45 days.

The letter read in part: “I am directed to remind you of the presidential directive issued in 2012 requesting agencies under the ministry to relocate their corporate headquarters to the Federal Capital Territory for efficient and effective coordination and enhanced service delivery between the ministry and its agencies and to note that, eight years after the directives, the agencies are yet to comply.

“Accordingly, considering the current situation and the economic impact worldwide, as well as the need to reduce the cost of governance and manage the scare resources in a sustainable way, it has become imperative and further to the Hon. Minister’s directives (copy attached) to request that you facilitate and complete the relocation exercise of your corporate headquarters to Abuja within the next 45 days, in line with earlier directives.

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“Further to the directive given by the Federal Ministry of Aviation, Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria has strictly adhered to this directive by relocating its Head office to its office in Abuja, with the Commissioner/CEO and other essential staff reporting for duty at the Headquarters Office in Abuja.

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