Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka, has ordered airport managers across the country to open twitter and facebook accounts in order to report their activities to the public.
Chidoka handed over the order at a meeting with the airport managers in Abuja on Monday. He also told the managers to perform or be replaced with younger officers that are more ambitious.
According to him, his duty as a minister is to monitor and measure what the officials in the aviation industry are doing with a view to improving the performance of the industry.
He said, “It is important that airport managers begin to report to the public our measurements. So at this meeting, we are going to start to get all the airport managers to create their twitter handles and facebook accounts and to begin to report themselves to the public about how they are faring vis-à-vis their output.
“We want to support you by decentralising authority and making sure that airport managers have the required authority together with the responsibility that they have. In giving you responsibilities, we will make sure that the authority matches the responsibilities, so that you have the wherewithal to perform the functions. We will also punish those who do not deliver on the set standards.
“Airport mangers are no more a state for you to go in and stay until you retire. It is now the place where you remain by your performance as there are many young officers waiting to be given opportunity. If you do not deliver, you will be taken out and another person who can do the job better will fill the space.”
He added, “This meeting is going to be institutionalised. The airport mangers who are doing well will be rewarded and the reward will be made public. The status of every manger delivering will be known to everyone.
“Don’t forget that if you do not monitor you cannot measure and if you cannot measure you cannot improve. I am sure that all of us have agreed that we need improvement and we have to continuously improve on what we do.”
The minister said the airport manager was critical to the overall success of the aviation industry.
Punch
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