From the inception of the Third Republic Democratic governance in 1999, when Chief Olusegun Obasanjo assumed office as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there was the creation of an office known as Special Adviser to the President on Aviation. The occupant of that office was an aircraft pilot, Captain Shehu Iyal.
He operated in that capacity as Special Adviser to the President on Aviation from the President Obasanjo regime to President Shehu Musa Yar’Adua and President Goodluck Jonathan.
This has since changed since the advent of the All Progressives Congress administration at the centre, i.e., from President Mohammed Buhari to the current President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We now have a full-fledged Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development in the person of Barrister Festus Keyamo, SAN. Who now combines both the policy and advisory functions for the presidency?
The current
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