Barely 24 hours after the Minister of Information and Culture hinted that absence of investors led to the suspension of Nigeria Air, the Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has rebuffed the claim.
A statement by the Deputy Director, Media and Public Affairs, Ministry of Transport, James Odaudu, declared that the suspended national carrer project had both local and foreign investors who were willing to partner with the government to birth a new national carrier for the nation.
He also explained that the project was not terminated, but suspended in the interim by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and would take-off one day.
Lai Mohammed had told journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos that the Federal Government took the decision to suspend the project until it got a “better funding structure”.
Muhammed did say that some of the…
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