Nigeria Air Nearing Completion, Will Fly Before May 29- Sirika

The federal government has disclosed that Nigeria Air, the country’s proposed national carrier, would begin operations before the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

The minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika  spoke at the national aviation stakeholders forum 2023 in Abuja on Thursday.

In October 2022, Buhari had said the national carrier would commence flight services by December 2022, but that did not happen due to controversy surrounding the airline’s ownership structure, leading to a court order stopping the federal government from implementing the project.

Speaking at the stakeholder forum, Sirika said the latest deadline is another proposed date for the take-off of Nigeria Air.

He said the project is 98 percent completed.

“All of the roadmap items except, perhaps the airline which in my opinion is at 98 percent completion, and we will fly within these remaining two months by the grace of God,” the minister said.

“We will also finish the concessions. So, all those things we said we would do when we came in, we did them.

“Before the end of this administration, before May 29th, we will fly.”