Akin Olateru Explained

Akinola Olateru is a Nigerian engineer. He was the commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria from 2017 to 2023.[1]

Education and career

Olateru grew up in Ogbomoso, Osun State.[2] He started his career as a maintenance engineer with Pan African Airlines and the Nigerian Police Air Wing. He has worked with British Midland Airways, KLM, and Martinair.[3]

He got his M.Sc. in Air Transport Management from City University of London in 2003.[4]

In January 2017, he was appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-Nigeria). He was reappointed in March 2021.[5] He was removed by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in December 2023.[6]

He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Royal Aeronautical Society, and Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK.[7]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-01-29 . Akin Olateru: The agent of change in AIB . 2023-12-14 . The Guardian Nigeria News . en-US.
  2. https://independent.ng/i-hawked-boiled-corn-in-ogbomoso-as-a-primary-school-boy-olateru-ceo-aib/
  3. Web site: 2017-01-12 . The Man, Akin Olateru, new AIB boss - Aviation metric . 2023-12-14 . en-US.
  4. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/aib-new-boss-takes-over-says-staff-training-priority/
  5. Web site: Oyero . Kayode . 2021-03-15 . Olateru reappointed AIB boss as NiMet, NCAT get new chiefs . 2023-12-14 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  6. Web site: President Tinubu Approves Leadership Changes in the Aviation and Aerospace Development Sector – The Statehouse, Abuja . 2023-12-14 . en-US.
  7. Web site: Grace . Ihesiulo . 2017-01-18 . The man, Akin Olateru, new AIB Commissioner . 2023-12-14 . Daily Times Nigeria . en-GB.
  8. Web site: AIB Boss Honoured - THISDAYLIVE . 2023-12-14 . www.thisdaylive.com . en.
  9. https://independent.ng/aib-dana-nahco-sahcol-arik-others-win-multiple-awards-at-nigav/
  10. Web site: Kola-Akinlade . Akin . Akin Olateru Adds Another Feather To His Cap, Says It's an Elixir For More Good Work . 2023-12-14 . Nigeria Transport Hub . en-US.
  11. Web site: NSIB DG Clinches Aviation Leadership Achievement Award . 2023-12-14 . www.thisdaylive.com . en.

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