Efforts by the Federal Government to airlift stranded Nigerians in Canada has been dogged with controversies following disagreement..
Efforts by the Federal Government to airlift stranded Nigerians in Canada has been dogged with controversies following disagreement among Ministries of Aviation and Foreign Affairs and the High Commission of Canada on the choice of carrier to be engaged in the exercise, The Nation has learnt.
Informed source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed the Canada High Commission opened talks with Ethiopia Airlines, which has been airlifting Canadian citizens from different parts of Africa to Canada to deny a Nigerian carrier the opportunity to airlift its citizens. 319 passengers have paid to the Nigerian airline, which has concluded plans to operate full flight to the North American country.
“We have done many international flights, including landing in Canada. We have made 19 flights to the United States of America since 2014. “We have IATA Operational Safety Audit certification and we are member of IATA. We have also evacuated Nigerians from South Africa during the Xenophobia attack of Africans there. We are grateful to the Federal Government and the Ministry of Aviation for all the support it is giving Air Peace and other ingenious carriers,” the Air Peace official said.
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