Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has assured that the nation’s national carrier, ‘Nigeria Air’ will commence operations in early December 2022.
The Minister gave this assurance while interacting with the Senate Press Corps at the National Assembly after he had a session with the Senate Committee on Aviation, where airline operators attended in protest.
Sirika, who attended the meeting with all heads of agencies under the Ministry of Aviation, insisted that there is no going back on the planned take-off of the national carrier, stressing the economic and social benefits of the national carrier.
Earlier, domestic Airline operators in Nigeria have been kicking against the project on the ground of making Ethiopian Airlines the major investor in the business.
But reacting to questions on the controversy, Hadi Siriki said, Nigeria Air is a ‘Limited Liability Company owned by the Federal government and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a legal entity and so it has the disposition to court partners outside the shores of the country to ensure the success of the dream.
