Senate tasks FG on domestic airlines
The Senate on Wednesday raised the alarm over the poor state of indigenous airlines operating in the country.
It directed foreign airlines operating in the country to provide statistics of Nigerians in their employment with a view to encourage them to employ more Nigerians and partner with indigenous airlines in the country. Senator Uba in the motion co-sponsored by 18 other senators noted that is saddened that foreign airlines engaged in domestic flights to the detriment of local airlines.He said that other countries have laws that protect their domestic airlines.Invasion: Senate seeks security beef up
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe and his deputy Emmanuel Bwacha, in their separate contributions congratulated Senator Ubah for his effort to dig into the plight of indigenous airlines in aviation industry. “If these local airlines are given the needed support, they can favourably compete with their foreign counterpart.
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