In a strategic move to chart a new course for the aviation industry in Nigeria for financial and economic viability, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has concluded plans to organize a conference to bring stakeholders together.
Tagged: “South West Regional Air Transportation Summit,” the organisers said the summit is aimed at deliberating on how to reorientate the aviation industry to focus on economic viability by reviewing policies to reflect such objective and also to enhance financial capability, while reinforcing safety and security in air travel.
The theme of the Conference is, Repositioning the Nigerian Aviation Industry for the Financial Capability and Economic Viability: An Inclusive Regulatory Dialogue.
The one-day summit is slated for October 9, 2024 at the Radisson Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos and time is 9:00 am.
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Renowned industry stakeholders are billed to speak at the conference, bringing their wealth of experience to carve a new path for the industry.
Three keynote speakers will present papers at the conference.
They include Dr. Jekwu Ozoemene (FCIB), who will present the main paper on Sustainable Growth in the Nigerian Civil Aviation and Air Transportation Sector: Regulatory Imperatives.
Dr Jekwu, who is the lead speaker, has over 25 years’ experience in banking and finance, consulting and in the development space.
He is currently the Executive Director, The Alternative Bank (a member of the Sterling Financial Holdings Group), and the immediate past CEO of the HIV Trust Fund of Nigeria (HTFN) and the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA).
Jekwu is Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB), the highest honour in banking in Nigeria.
The second paper titled, Leveraging Global Aviation Business Finance Mechanism: A Reminiscence of the Cape Town Convention, will be delivered by Dr. Emeka Okengwu.
Okengwu is an ex-student of Government College Umuahia and has a (B.sc, MiE and PhD) in Political Sc, Entrepreneurship Studies and Development Economics from the Universities of Nigeria, State University New York and ITTL-Doctoral Research Centre, Nigeria and the United States of America respectively.
Dr Okengwu was a paper presenter at the Sharing Global Experiences conference at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC in 2006. He was the Business Development Consultant Nigeria Airforce Holdings 2006- 2009. He was the country representative of Denel Aviation South Africa in Nigeria 2009- 2011
Okengwu was member Federal Ministry Committee on the Removal of disabled aircrafts in Nigeria 2012. He was member Federal Ministry Committee on the Review of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Policy 2012.
The third keynote speaker, Mr. Olusheyi (Sheyi) Ogunleye, will deliver a paper titled, “Harnessing the Opportunities in Global Aviation and Air Transportation System for National Economic Growth and Development: Inclusive Regulatory Dialogue.
Ogunleye is a former United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative and Attache to West Africa. In this role, he served as the principal regulatory and aviation security liaison to 13 African countries, all US air carriers, and as aviation security adviser to US ambassadors in the region. With over 28 years of aviation security, regulatory, and anti-terrorism experience, Mr. Ogunleye is a true and tested expert in his field.
The NCAA in a statement said it would welcome participants at the conference with others such as airline operators, aviation handling companies, suppliers, senior officials of aviation agencies, labour unions and other stakeholders who will make their contributions and brainstorm on the issues under discussion.
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