The Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has officially embraced a fully digital approach, marking an end to traditional paper-based processes, Minister Festus Keyamo has announced.

The minister revealed this development during the launch of the ministry’s Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) in Abuja, describing the initiative as a strategic step toward improving operational efficiency and service delivery.

Keyamo said the ECMS would eliminate manual bottlenecks, accelerate approval processes, and enhance overall productivity across the ministry’s departments.

“For the nation, this unified digital platform strengthens the sovereignty of our digital infrastructure. From now on, paper-based processing within this ministry must give way to disciplined digital practice,” he stated.

Didi Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, lauded the ministry’s leadership for its foresight and commended staff for embracing the change.

“In a ministry where safety, accuracy, and timeliness are non-negotiable, relying on paper files that sometimes ‘develop wings’ is no longer sustainable,” she noted.

Walson-Jack emphasized that in a technically intensive ministry where documentation supports safety standards and international obligations, the shift to digital is not merely progressive but essential.

She highlighted the ministry’s strategic role in national development, including aviation regulation, airport development, air transport services, meteorology, and the growing aerospace sector.

She added that the ECMS, deployed on the Federal Government’s 1Gov Cloud platform, would enable secure digital records, automated workflows, electronic approvals, interoperability, and real-time collaboration. Decisions, she said, would now be driven by immediate access to information rather than the physical location of files.

“This launch is more than just deploying a digital system; it signals a commitment by the ministry to modernize operations and join the growing community of ECMS users across the Federal Civil Service,” Walson-Jack said.