FG moves to address stakeholders on Nigeria Air suspension 

Nigerian Government will  on October 23, address stakeholders and the  general public on  issues relating to the suspension of the Nigeria Air project.

The minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika made this known in a statement  by the Deputy Director, Media  and Public Affairs, James Odaudu on Monday in Abuja.

Sirika said  it has become imperative to address some misinformation, allegations and opinions in order to keep the public  informed on the status of the proposed national carrier.

“The Federal Ministry of Transportation (Aviation) has noted the plethora of opinions, comments and observations by stakeholders in the aviation sector, and members of the public in the electronic, print and social media, following the recent suspension of the processes leading to the establishment of a national carrier by the Federal Government.
“It has become necessary to address some of the issues, misinformation, allegations and opinions trending in the media in order to keep the public well informed on the status of the proposed national carrier prior to the suspension.

“It is in the light of this that the Honourable Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Abubakar Sirika has decided to invite aviation stakeholders and members of the public a Stakeholders Forum to hold in Abuja.

” The interactive forum which is scheduled to hold on Tuesday October 23rd, 2018 will, as usual, enable the Ministry, stakeholders and interested members of the public to adequately address all issues associated with the national carrier project,

The forum is also expected to bring together airline operators, regulators in the aviation sector, prospective investors, the media practitioners, labour unions.

Others include “aviation service providers, officials from the Ministry of Transportation and its agencies, and interested members of the public”, he said.

Stella Enenche, Abuja