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Since Nigeria gained independence in 1960, the country's aviation ministry has seen a series of individuals appointed by successive Heads of State and Presidents to — in line with the vision of the ministry — make Nigeria's aviation sector the best in Africa. 

Saddled with the responsibility of formulating safety policies, managing the sector’s facilities and regulating aviation services, these individuals have played their parts, but 63 years after independence, the state of Nigeria's aviation industry leaves a lot to be desired.

Before Nigeria's independence, Chief Ladoke Akintola served as a Minister of Communication and Aviation in 1957.

Although his name is not stated as one of the past aviation ministers on the website of the Ministry of Aviation, it is on record that Akintola’s stewardship in the ministry was instrumental to the establishment of Nigeria Airways in 1958. 

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