The federal government has suspended Air Nigeria Airline project indefinitely, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo announced Monday at the Ministerial briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration.
He said the airline was never a Nigerian airline but an attempt to use a foreign airline to pose as a Nigerian national airline.
Giving details about that project, he noted that the ‘national carrier’ that was supposed to be an indigenous project and one that was supposed to spark hope for Nigerians, was flawed with a lot of secrecy and fraudulent activities.
“It was never Air Nigeria, it was Ethiopian trying to flag our flag. It was not Air Nigeria. That is the truth. It was not Nigeria. It only printed Air Nigeria. It was an Ethiopian airline trying to fly our flag. If it is so, why not allow our local people to fly our flag. Why bring a foreigner to fly our flag?
“So nobody should deceive you that Air Nigeria, Air Nigeria must be indigenous, must be wholly Nigeria or must be for the full benefit of Nigerians, not that 60 per cent of the profit is given to another country. How does that benefit us? It remains suspended. It remains so”, Keyamo said.
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