Tinubu (sitting)Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development· 21 August 2023 — sitting
Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN)
Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development. Former Minister of State for Labour.
The record
Festus Keyamo (b. 21 January 1970, Delta State) was Minister of State for Labour and Employment under Buhari II.
His tenure has focused on enforcement of Section 31(15) of the Civil Aviation Act on foreign-airline trapped funds — a roughly $800m liability that prompted Emirates' suspension of Nigerian operations in 2022 and partial resumption in 2024.
Sources
- IATA — Blocked Funds reports, 2022–2024
- Federal Ministry of Aviation — Trapped Funds release schedule, 2024
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.