The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), on Sunday, accused the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Sen. Hadi Sirika, of a dangerous agenda of killing local
“On further investigation, we discovered some mind burgling dangerous agenda to kill the entire indigenous operators and handover monopoly to Ethiopian Airline in a dubious and fraudulent way against the economic interest of Nigeria, hence our court action supported by strong material evidence. For us, it is a patriotic action to save the Nigerian Government, people and economy from exploitation and to also protect the Nigerian aviation sector and our investments.
The Canadian government owns less than seven per cent of Air Canada’s National carrier. Takatso, a Pan-African consortium, recently took over South Africa Airways. All we are saying is, let the right thing be done, the right way, for strictly the interest of Nigeria and her aviation industry.” “It is capable of causing Nigeria to be blacklisted by aviation safety agencies like the US FAA and the EASA . Further implications include that airlines of those countries will not come into Nigeria, and Nigerian airlines will not be allowed to operate into those countries. It also means that Nigeria will definitely fail the upcoming ICAO audit and, by way of further penalty, lose its FAA CAT-1 Certification.
“If tampered with, it will have a negative expanded multiplier effect on all aspects of the economy and life of Nigeria. AON, as a strong stakeholder, have a national and patriotic duty to guard against such happening. Otherwise, our investments in the aviation sector of Nigeria, running into billions of dollars, would have been jeopardised”.
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