*Alleges minister repainted Ethiopian aircraft to pass off as Nigerian airline *Accuses minister of desperate attempt to justify N15.9bn appropriated by the federal government to Nigeria Air since 2016 *Wants
*Accuses minister of desperate attempt to justify N15.9bn appropriated by the federal government to Nigeria Air since 2016
The group called on the commission to investigate the outgoing minister for undertaking ventures designed to benefit a few individuals and lead to the eventual collapse of the aviation industry, a critical sector of the Nigerian economy. “We are compelled to bring to your attention that the aircraft purportedly unveiled on Friday, May 26, 2023, by Minister Sirika, as the first flight of the national carrier, Nigeria Air, is still in active service of Ethiopia Airlines. We can confirm that the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 with the registration number ET-APL, has since left the country this weekend for Turkey according to a check on the flight radar; it only transited Nigeria for the farce of a show put up by the minister.
“N1.3 billion was allotted to it in the 2023 budget with an additional N700 million as ‘working capital’ and N200 million as consultancy fee so, the minister must not be allowed to hoodwink Nigerians with the importation of a rented aircraft into the country and pass it off as a step to the commencement of the operation of the airline days to his exit from office. This act of fraud and economic terrorism must not be allowed to go unpunished,” the petition read.
The group also charged the EFCC to probe the 3% of the total shares allocated to Fairfax Ltd which was appointed as the transaction adviser to the project.
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