A former National Vice Chairman (South) of the People’s Democratic Party, Dr Eddy Olafeso has congratulated Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu on the honour bestowed on him by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Starnews Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu had in June this year directed the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria to rename some federal airports after some notable Nigerians.
This was contained in a memo directed to all Head of Operations of FAAN titled, “Naming of Federal Airports in favour of some prominent Nigerians,” by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and dated June 1, 2023.
The Akure Airport was renamed after Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu to honour him.
Olafeso in a telephone conversation with Starnews Nigeria on Saturday, said, “My warmest congratulations to Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu over the renaming of the Akure Airport in his honour by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“Dr Aliu truly deserves to be recognised and celebrated by the government for his numerous contributions and humanitarian services to this nation.
“His fruit of hard work has earned him this great honour bestowed on him by the President in his lifetime. This is indeed a great way by the government at this critical moment of his life to show him that his hard work and dedication has not gone unnoticed.
“While I thank the government for this recognition, I wish to say a big congratulation to Dr Aliu for all the hard work he put in place to earn this meritorious honour bestowed upon him by President Tinubu. Congrats Dr Aliu!
Meanwhile, Starnews Nigeria reports that Dr. Aliu is an outstanding diplomat and civil aviation leader with a great talent for consensus building and a passion for advancing aviation policy and practice.
Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu who was born on 13th April 1960 in Ikare, Ondo state, Nigeria, has a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering, PhD in Aviation Law (Hon). He is also an Alma mater of Kiev Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers.
He has been recognised most widely for his diplomatic determination and leadership in forging global consensus on the CORSIA MBM, a carbon offsetting scheme, at ICAO’s 39th Assembly in 2016, and has helped to refocus ICAO on the assistance and capacity-building aspects of its mandate since taking office in 2014, under the ‘No Country Left Behind initiative’.
Olumuyiwa has always impressed with his seamless development and integration of strategic objectives, policies, and programmes, as well as his warm and open personal style and talent for drawing together people to forge collaborations and partnerships.
His 30-years of exceptional service to international civil aviation and extensive academic background have garnered the full confidence of ACI, that relies on the Council to advance issues of great importance to the world’s airports.
Dr. Aliu served as the fifth President of the ICAO Council in its almost 70-year history. He was also the ICAO Council’s Nigerian Representative (2005-2013), Director of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority’s Air Transport Regulation Directorate (2000-2004), and Chairman for the formulation of African Civil Aviation Policy under the African Union (2009-2011).
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