Sirika, other aviation CEOs to lead discussions at LAAC 26th Conference
Nigeria’s Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, along with other Chief Executive officers in the aviation industry, will lead discussions at the forthcoming 26th Annual Conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC).
Attendees of the conference, which is scheduled to hold on July 28, 2022, at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Lagos, will field discussions around the theme – Sunset Airports: Economic and Safety Implications; with a view to charting a path for solutions.
Key participants that will lead panel discussions at the conference include Dr. Wale Babalakin, the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Barr. Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, Engr. Lawrence Pwajok, the Ag. Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), and Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
Other participants include Engr. Akin Olateru, the Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau – Nigeria (AIB-N), and Capt. Roland Iyayi, CEO, Topbrass Aviation Limited, among others.
Secretary of the organizing committee, Mr. Albinus Chiedu stated that the panels are divided into two sessions; the first session will be moderated by Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, the General Manager, Public Affairs, AIB-N, while Mr. Olumide Ohunayo, Director of Research, Zenith Travels, will moderate the second session.
This year’s conference, which has Sirika as the Special Guest of Honour is to be chaired by Mr. Bernard Bankole, the President, the Association of Aviation Training Organisations in Nigeria (AATON).
The conference is expected to attract over 250 aviation industry professionals, cutting across the aviation agencies, security agencies, international and domestic airlines operating in Nigeria, aviation support services, travel trade sellers and buyers, and other stakeholders.
The LAAC Annual Conference has, over the years, made an unquantifiable impact on Nigeria’s aviation industry by throwing up policy, management, and operational issues for public discourse.
This has resulted in tremendous evidential changes in Nigeria’s aviation sector.
Aviation and allied business organisations have equally taken advantage of sponsorship opportunities presented by the event to sell their products and services.
As usual, there shall be both physical and virtual participation in this year’s conference to enable the participation of stakeholders from across the world, while an in-depth communiqué, covering all aspects of the conference would be well-represented.
