FAAN MD Kuku Bags CIAPS Excellence Award For Leadership, Transformation
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi has been awarded the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) 2025 Excellence Award for her exemplary leadership and transformation of the Nigerian airport landscape since her assumption of office two years ago.
The organization, at its End-of-the-Year Public Lecture, Awards Ceremony & Cocktail said the honour reflects Mrs. Kuku’s consistent commitment to excellence, her strategic contributions to national development, and her unwavering dedication to raising standards within the aviation industry.
According to CIAPS, the 2025 edition of the Excellence Awards focuses on celebrating individuals whose influence transcends their immediate roles and contributes meaningfully to broader societal advancement.
It added that Mrs. Kuku’s selection follows a rigorous assessment process involving performance reviews, sectoral nominations, and independent verification.
It affirmed that over the years, the FAAN MD has earned a reputation as a results-driven professional whose work ethic, vision, and integrity continue to inspire colleagues and stakeholders alike.
CIAPS described Mrs. Kuku as an exemplary professional whose contributions reflect the values of merit, commitment, and transformative leadership that the institution stands for.
The award, which recognizes exceptional leadership, professionalism, and transformative contributions to national development, affirms Mrs. Kuku’s remarkable impact since assuming office as FAAN’s helmsman.
Under her stewardship, FAAN has witnessed renewed operational efficiency, improved stakeholder engagement, and the accelerated implementation of reforms aimed at modernizing Nigeria’s airports and strengthening the nation’s aviation infrastructure, it said further.
The organization further described Mrs. Kuku as “a dynamic, forward-thinking administrator whose results-driven leadership continues to set new benchmarks in the aviation sector, hence this prestigious 2025 Excellence Award, a recognition reserved for outstanding professionals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and impact in their respective fields.”
The FAAN MD, who was represented at the occasion by the General Manager, Administration, Mrs. Oluwasola Awe expressed appreciation for the honour, noting that the recognition serves as further motivation to deepen her contributions and uphold the standards of professionalism for the aviation sector.
She said the CIAPS honour reflects the collective effort of FAAN’s dedicated workforce, affirming her commitment to sustaining reforms, deepening service quality, and positioning Nigeria’s airports among the best in Africa.
According to her, the agency launch of its Acculturation Programme is also playing an important role in FAAN staff work culture, skill and values needed to manage its airports in the new technological age.
Mrs. Kuku also said her monthly excellence awards to staff who exhibit exceptional qualities in their places of work have equally served as motivating factors that help boost the image of the organization and the aviation sector.
