About nine months after Emirates Airline withdrew services from Nigeria, the lingering row has continued to hurt both Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
While the UAE has lost patronage and revenue from one of its global busiest routes in Lagos, Nigerians too are missing their easiest transit corridor in Dubai Airport, coupled with Emirates’ footprints in local partnerships.
Emirates left Nigeria in March over diplomatic spat on account of additional rapid antigen tests imposed on Nigerian travellers as part of measures to check fake COVID-19 test results used in accessing Dubai from Lagos and Abuja. “We consulted Emirate airlines and they worked with us to upgrade the Kano airport but for COVID-19 and the ongoing diplomatic efforts to resolve Emirates airline’s flight issues with Nigeria. The airline would have been operating out of Kano by now. That is how serious we are about making Kano a competitive destination,” Ganduje said.
“We must add that security is the key to life and we invested heavily in community policing and no doubt, Kano is safe and home to all in Nigeria,” he said.
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