F.G Signs BEA Agreement With Kuwait

The Federal Government has announced the approval of  the signing of a Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Nigeria and Kuwait.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Wednesday after a Federal Executive Council Meeting FEC chaired by the president.

Sirika submitted  that the agreement would open up airline services between the two countries in accordance with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

“That memo has to do with the signing of the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between the Federal republic of Nigeria and the State of Kuwait.

“ In that memorandum as approved, the text was earlier on initialled and was cleared by the Federal Ministry of Justice.

“It provided that the content of the agreement should have reciprocal rights and privileges for both countries and airlines involved.

“This will open up opportunities for air transportation between the two countries, in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) convention of Dec. 7, 1944, to which both countries are signatories.’’