AfDB Appoints Keyamo African Champion to Drive Region’s $7bn Aviation Development Programme
Chinedu Eze and Kasim Sumaina in Abuja
African Development Bank has appointed Nigeria’s Aviation Minister and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, as the African Champion to drive its programme developed to invest substantially in the aviation industry in Africa.
The regional bank, which functions as a premier multilateral development institution on the continent, stated that it chose Keyamo because of Nigeria’s ‘leadership and vision’ in respect of various policy reforms to transform Nigeria’s Aviation sector.
The minister will drive the Integrated Aviation Transformation Program for Africa (IATP) for which African Development Bank has earmarked the sum of $7 billion.
