May 27, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the indefinite suspension of the Air Nigeria Airline project.
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), who announced the suspension at the ongoing ministerial briefing to celebrate the first year of the Tinubu administration, said what was described as Nigeria Air was an attempt to impersonate a foreign airline operating in Nigeria.
THEWILL recalls the controversy that trailed the unveiling of Nigeria Air at the tail end of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, at the Farnborough Airshow in 2018, unveiled a logo of what was to be Nigeria Air, despite mixed feelings from stakeholders.
Seven years after, and on the last working day of his tenure, Sirika unveiled the Nigeria Air with a borrowed plane” sourced from Ethiopian Airlines.
Experts claimed the project is one of the most wasteful ventures ever undertaken in the aviation industry, the House of Representatives in 2023 described the entire Nigerian Air project as a total fraud.
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