The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has officially launched the “I Gov Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS)” as part of efforts to eliminate paper-based processes and adopt disciplined digital practices.
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said the system would reduce manual bottlenecks, shorten approval cycles, and strengthen service delivery across all units of the ministry.
“For the country as a whole, this unified platform also guarantees national sovereignty of our digital infrastructure. From this point forward, the era of paper-based processing within this Ministry must give way to disciplined digital practice,” Keyamo said. He directed that all official correspondence be routed through the ministry’s official email addresses.
Speaking at the event, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, commended the ministry’s leadership and staff for embracing digitalisation. She described the move as essential for a technically intensive ministry where documentation underpins safety standards, aviation regulation, and international obligations.
“Today’s event is far more than deployment of a digital system; it is a statement of intent by a Ministry whose mandate spans aviation regulation, airport development, air transport services, meteorology, and the expanding aerospace ecosystem,” Walson-Jack said.
She added that the deployment of ECMS on the 1Gov Cloud platform represents a fundamental shift in how public service business is conducted, enabling secure digital records, automated workflows, electronic approvals, interoperability, and real-time collaboration. Decisions will now be driven by timely access to information rather than the physical location of a file.
The milestone aligns with the Federal Government’s directive for full digitalisation of work processes by December 31, 2025, and supports Pillar Five of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021–2025, promoting an efficient, accountable, and digitally enabled public service under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.