Nigerian government proposes new national carrier

Nigerian government proposes new national carrier
By Salamatu Okorejior

The Nigerian Government is to establish a new national airline in 2012.

This is happening nine years after the liquidation of the former national carrier, Nigerian Airways.The proposed airline will not be entirely state-owned.

The Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, briefing reporters in Abuja said: “We’re working on a national carrier that will be publicly owned with limited financial contribution by the government. Government will act as a regulator and provide an enabling environment for this objective to be realised.”

She did not say how the fund would be sourced.

This initiative will serve a purpose of boosting Nigeria’s identity as well as providing Nigeria the chance to be a part of the core in air transport.

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