The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has disclosed the National Carrier project was suspended because cabinet members were divided on the issue of modality.
Amaechi disclosed this during his valedictory press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, adding that the project has not been abandoned.
He said, “On national carrier, (the) cabinet is divided on the issue of modality. There are those who believe that the Federal Government should invest and then we can sell the equity later.
“There are also those who believe that no, and from day one they say let us get investors in and give them the franchise of Nigeria Airways or Air Nigeria or whatever it is called. That is where we are and that is what held it down. But as for whether it is still in our plan, it is and has not been abandoned.”
Recall that the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika last year September made the announcement for the suspension of the proposed national carrier called ‘Nigeria Air’.
