The House of Representatives has expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the former minister of aviation, Hadi Sirka, in going ahead to flag off the
The House also directed the Federal Ministry of Aviation and its agencies to designate some Nigerian indigenous airlines as flag carriers to take advantage of Bi-lateral Air Services Agreements entered into by Nigeria, pending when a viable national carrier comes on board.
“A careful review of the process indicates the exercise to be highly opaque, shrouded in secrecy, shoddy and capable of ridiculing and tarnishing the image of Nigeria before the international community. “We as a committee would not accept any attempt by any individual or group of individuals or organisation to hide under the project and siphon our commonwealths,” he said.
“I am not aware of any launch of Nigeria Air. What I saw in the media and what the minister rightly said was unveiling and not launching. The Nigeria Air did not start today. It was part of the roadmap that was approved by Mr. President in 2016. He said: “We were told that we had institutional investors. Some of the AON members were interested in this transaction, contrary to what the minister has said, but we were quietly blocked out of the platform to be able to access any RFP documents.
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