The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said the establishment of the National Carrier, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and implementation of other components of the Aviation Roadmap remain top priorities of the federal government.
Mr Sirika said this at a meeting in his office with members of the Joint Aviation Unions Forum, an umbrella body of all unions in the aviation sector, in Abuja.
According to him, the establishment of MROs will save the country a lot of foreign exchange ”that would otherwise be spent by airline operators sending their aircraft abroad for checks.” “I promise that there will be a good understanding between us to drive the activities of our industry towards contributing more to national development. I will do everything reasonably possible to make the newly reestablished ministry live up to the expectations of all stakeholders in the sector.“This task, I think, is for you as well; not for me alone. It is for all of us. We will continue to hold stakeholders’ meetings with the unions, staff, the management and players within the industry.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Forum and National President of Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria , Ilitrus Ahmadu, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring continuity in the aviation sector and ”by not only reappointing Hadi Sirika, but restoring the full-fledged status of the ministry”.
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