Air Nigeria takes off April 2022 – Aviation Minister, Sirika

Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika has announced that national airliner, Air Nigeria, is expected to take off by April 2022.

This was disclosed by the Minister when he spoke to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He stated that the national carrier will be run by a company in which the government will hold a 5% stake, Nigerian entrepreneurs holding 46% while the remaining 49% will be reserved for yet to be assigned strategic equity partners, including foreign investors.

He further noted that the national carrier, when operational, will create about 70,000 jobs for Nigerians.