“Nigerians should trust that we will be able to deliver a
very robust carrier that will be for the size of our economy and we are on
course”, Sirika said .
He spoke at the weekly ministerial press briefing organized
by the Presidential Communication Team, led by Femi Adesina.
“We have almost gone past the project development stage, we
have completed the development of the Outline Business Case (OBC), we have got
a compliance certificate of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission
(ICRC) and it is our intention that we will take the OBC back to the Federal
Executive Council perhaps by next Wednesday.
“We are on our way. As for the timeline, we will have this
airline in 2022 by the grace of God and we will start with the domestic and
escalate into international.
“We are discussing and we will get the best deal for Nigeria
and Nigerians because for sure, the market is there,” he said.
According to the minister, all is being done to make air
transportation more affordable for citizens, through an improvement of
facilities and services.
“Nigeria is a country of over 200 million people who are
highly mobile. So, what we are doing is first and foremost, to develop the
infrastructure that will make civil aviation function.
“And once that is done, it will increase the availability of
the service and because there is more supply it will help in bringing down the
price,” he said.
He said all the achievements he enumerated were contained in
a roadmap developed for the aviation sector, which had since been approved by
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The national carrier, known as Nigeria Air was initially
scheduled to debut in December 2018.
Sirika on 18 July 2018, unveiled the name and logo of the
proposed carrier at the Farnborough International Public Air show in London.
But the project was aborted after gulping
In May this year, the Federal Government revived the idea
with an injection of $250 million.
The Ministry of Aviation, in a memo, said ‘Nigeria Air’ will
be private sector driven.
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