$8.8m was not spent to unveil Air Nigeria in London — Aviation Minister

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Logo and name of the suspended national carrier, Nigeria Air

Nigeria’s Minister of State for aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said that contrary to reports that there were no investors for the suspended Nigeria Air project, that Nigeria was able to attract potential investors such as IsDB, AfDB, AFREXIM, US-EXIM, Standard Chartered Bank, Boeing, Airbus, COMAC/CCECC, BOAD, China-Exim, Qatar Airways, Ethiopian Airlines for the national carrier.

Others the minister listed include: Deutsche Infrastructure Finance, French and US Governments etc have indicated interest in the project.

Sirika while speaking at the 5th Aviation Stakeholders’ Forum at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre, Abuja yesterday, further stated that, apart from commitments in respect of transaction advisory services, branding and participation at Farnborough Airshow, no other expenditure has been…



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