Beyond Airports: The Keyamo Test for Nigerian Aviation

The Guardian - Nigeria
Onome Amawhe
13 September 2026

Nigeria has had aviation ministers who built airports, strengthened regulation and opened its skies. What makes Festus Keyamo different — and is it enough to call him the best?

There is a temptation in Nigerian public life to declare every energetic office-holder unprecedented.

A minister repairs a terminal and suddenly nothing existed before him. An administration commissions a project and history appears to begin on commissioning day.

Festus Keyamo deserves a more serious assessment...

Beyond Airports: The Keyamo Test for Nigerian Aviation - The Guardian - Nigeria - 13 September 2026