- …says Project isn’t Beneficial
- By Halimah Olamide
The federal government has announced the suspension of Nigeria Airline project indefinitely.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo announced this at the Ministerial briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration.
According to Keyamo, the airline was never a Nigerian airline but an attempt to use a foreign airline to pose as a Nigerian national airline.
It remains suspended. It was never Air Nigeria. It was not Air Nigeria. That’s the truth. It was only painted Air Nigeria.
“It was Ethiopian Airlines trying to flag our flag,” he said.
“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 dispute that it was Air Nigeria.
“Air Nigeria must be indigenous, must be wholly Nigerian, and must be for the full benefits of Nigeria, not that 50 percent of the profit is for another country.
Keyamo further asserted that the ownership structure of the suspended airline is not beneficial to the country.