NCAA Feigns Ignorance Of Recruitment Scandal

As the investigation into the recruitment into the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), continues, LEADERSHIP has learned that the agency secretly employed over 300 people in the service without due process since 2015,

LEADERSHIP investigations showed that the secret employment had been going on since August 2015 when the current government came into power.

In the list of employment for 2023 obtained by LEADERSHIP, it was observed that the least staff number for the new employees so far is NCAA/P.2078 while the highest Staff Number is NCAA/P.2229. This means 141 have been employed already this year with any advertisment.

It was also learned from a reliable source “that from 2015 till date, there have been no job adverts. There have been no interviews. Yet, they have been employing mainly people – more than 90 per cent are from a particular region.”

According to the source, it is more worrisome that “most of them are not even qualified.

“A lot of them are being given very high salary grade levels above the existing and much more experienced staff.”

From the analysis of the employment lists marked ‘Confidential’ with state of origin attached to each name – Katsina state was allocated – 32 slots; Kaduna state -27; Kano -23; Yobe – 10; Borno – 9; Jigawa – 7; Gombe – 6; Bauchi – 6; Ondo – 6; Kogi – 7; Delta – 5; Adamawa – 3; Ogun – 3; Sokoto – 3; Benue – 3; Abia – 3; Kebbi – 3; Nasarawa – 3; Rivers – 2; Niger – 2; Taraba – 2; Enugu – 2; Zamfara – 2; Abuja – 1; Plateau – 1; Edo – 1; Kwara – 1; Imo – 1; Lagos – 1 and Bayelsa – 1. The states of Ebonyi, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Osun, Ekiti and Oyo were not given any slot in the secret employment.

This is even as the public relations officer Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Sam Adurogboye, told LEADERSHIP via text message that he was not aware of the secret job recruitment.

While responding to messages sent to his phone number on the recruitment scandal, Adurogboye said “I am not aware sir”.

The NCAA is an agency under the ministry of Aviation established by the 2006 Civil Aviation Act as the apex regulatory body overseeing the activities of all airlines, pilots, engineers, cabin staff and airports.

It also oversees airstrips and heliports, navigation aids, all service providers including the airport authority and the air traffic service provider, and aviation training institutions.

It also provide aviation safety and economic regulation in the most efficient, effective, quality and technology driven manner to the satisfaction and benefit of all stakeholders, consistent with the highest international standards and the sustainable development of the industry and national economy.