The director general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Harold Demuren, on Thursday decried the aging workforce in the transport sector.
Mr Demuren said this at a transport sector and human resources forum organised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management in Nigeria in Lagos.
The forum had as its theme: "Manpower Development as a Catalyst for Effective and Efficient Management of Transport System in Nigeria."
The director general noted that the decay in the transport sector, including the aviation sector, were similar, saying that the government should put in place an efficient manpower development system.
"Nigeria has an ageing workforce and we must replace them with the young ones to avoid accident. We need quality people to man the transport sector.
"Aviation has been a key driver to the national development. We create about 3.6 million employment in the sector annually," he said.
Mr Demuren predicted that international aviation needs would be doubled in the next 20 years, stressing that if nothing was done urgently, the demand for aviation professionals would be strained.
He added that the major problem in the nation was the migration of the Nigerian youth to other countries.
The chairman of the occasion, Grant Akata, said the decay in the transport sub-sector had led to a drastic decline in employment skills.
Mr Akata said the transport sector had the potential to mop up youths and offer them gainful employment locally.
"Manpower development for the sector can only be professionally driven if the sector is in itself fully revamped," he said.
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