The Federal Government has announced the indefinite suspension of the Air Nigeria Airline project.
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo announced this at the Ministerial briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration, on Monday.
According to the minister, the ‘national carrier’ that was supposed to be an indigenous project and one that was supposed to spark hope for Nigerians, was fraught with a lot of secrecy and fraudulent activities.
He said it was never a Nigerian airline but an attempt to use a foreign airline to pose as a Nigerian national airline.
“It was Ethiopian Airline trying to fly our flag. 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 deceive you that Air Nigeria, Air Nigeria must be indigenous, must be wholly Nigeria or must be for the full benefit of Nigerians, not that 60 per cent of the profit is given to another country. How does that benefit us? It remains suspended. It remains so,” Keyamo added.
