Festus Keyamo, the minister of air travel and aerospace advancement, Festus Keyamo states the Nigeria Air job stays suspended. Remember that the ministry of air travel, in 2023, under Hadi Sirika, previous minister, revealed Nigeria Air, 3 days before completion of previous President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The advancement had actually activated issues amongst stakeholders nationwide over the ownership offer which provided Ethiopian Airlines a 49 percent equity stake. The federal government had a 5 percent equity, while a consortium of 3 Nigerian financiers had 46 percent. Responding to the handle June 2023, your home of agents asked the federal government to suspend the operations of Nigeria Air, explaining it as ‘a scams’. In August 2023, Keyamo revealed that the nationwide provider task was suspended till additional notification. Offering updates at the ministerial press rundown in Abuja to mark Tinubu’s one year in workplace, Keyamo stated the task is still suspended. “It stays suspended. It was never ever Air Nigeria. It was not Air Nigeria. That’s the fact. It was just painted Air Nigeria. It was Ethiopian Airlines attempting to flag our flag,” he stated. “If it is so, why not permit our regional individuals to fly our flag. Why bring an immigrant to fly our flag? No one must challenge that it was Air Nigeria. “Air Nigeria need to be native, need to be completely Nigerian, and need to be for the complete advantages of Nigeria, not that 50 percent of the earnings is for another nation.” Keyamo repeated that the ownership structure of the suspended airline company is not advantageous to the nation.
Nigeria Air Project Stands Suspended, It Is Not Beneficial– Aviation Minister, Keyamo
