The Federal House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has called for the arrest, prosecution and sanctioning of everyone involved in the controversial unveiling of the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air starting from the immediate past minister of aviation. T
he Committee also directed the “Federal Ministry of Aviation and its partners in the Nigeria Air project to immediately suspend flights operations and every other action with respect to the Nigeria Air.”
It also urged President Bola Tinubu, to urgently constitute a high-level presidential committee to undertake a holistic review of the processes of the whole Nigeria Air project. The chairman of the Committee, Nnolim Nnaji, made the call after a parley with aviation stakeholders, including officials of the Ministry of Aviation, regulatory agencies as well as Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), in Abuja, on Tuesday.
Immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had unveiled the controversial Nigeria Air, few days to the sunset of President Muhammadu Buhari administration. However, the Committee chairman, noted that the lawmakers were dissatisfied with Sirika’s action in going ahead with the flag-off of the Nigeria Air, despite subsisting court orders.
