
Immediate past MInister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah has
commended President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, workers and Stakeholders in
the aviation sector for the opportunity to serve the country and for
the tremendous support given to her during her two and a half years'
stewardship as Aviation Minister.
Oduah made the commendation
shortly after officially handing over to the Surpervising Minister and
current Minister of State, Trade and Investment, Dr Samuel Ortom, JP.
"
It was a great privilege to be chosen from amongst over 160 million
Nigerians to serve in the Federal Cabinate. My profound gratitude goes
to Mr President who provided me with this rare privilege. I also want to
thank him for all the support he acorded me to pursue his
Transformation Agenda in the Aviation Sector. I equally wish to thank my
personal aides, aviator sector workers and stakeholders who partnered
with me to realize our Vision and Mission in the sector", Oduah
declared, continuing:
"During my tenure, we gave our best to
institute reforms in line with Mr President's Transformation Agenda. We
produced the Aviation sector Master plan and implementation Road Map.
Using the Master Plan and Road Map, we were able to reconstruct and
remodel all 22 federally-owned airports across the country. We also
commenced the construction of five new international terminals in Lagos,
Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano.
"We also introduced the
Perishable Cargo and Aerotrolis concepts to drive the growth and
development of not only the aviation sector, but also the Nigerian
economy. Construction of the cargo terminals has commenced across 16
airports across the country while modalities have been completed to
kick-start the Aerotropolis project. We also carried out institutional
reforms, built the capacity of NCAT to produce enough professionals both
for the local aviation market and for export.
"My greatest
satisfaction comes from our accomplishments in the area of safety and
security of the Nigerian airspace. We were able to procure, update and
install safety-critical infrastructure that has repositioned the sector
to achieve our objective of zero-accident rate in the Nigerian airspace.
The
former Minister said the reforms instituted during her tenure will no
doubt propel the sector to greater accomplishments and expressed the
hope that her successor will sustain the tempo and momentum of
transformation in the interest of the sector, the air travelers and the
Nigerian economy.
Culled from National Enquirer Magazine