TWO days to the exit of the last administration, the former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, exhibited the prevailing
culture of impunity and mendacity in Nigeria on the global stage. By sneaking in an aircraft marked “Nigeria Air,” and just as mysteriously, spiriting it out of the country, perversely, he believed he had delivered on his promise to birth a national air carrier before the expiration of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. All relevant institutions should unravel the circumstances of the scandal, recover all public funds wasted, and compel Sirika to account for his actions.
In office since 2015, first as Minister of State, and later as minister, Sirika’s obsessive desire to promote a national carrier led him into several missteps at public expense. To fulfil his vow to launch a carrier before the administration’s exit, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft painted with the logo of ‘Nigeria Air’ landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 26, and just as strangely, disappeared 24 hours later, provoking another controversy.
Moreover, in line with that administration’s notorious disregard for the rule of law and the courts, the administration went ahead with the Nigeria Air-Ethiopian Airline venture despite a subsisting court injunction stopping further action.
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