{"id":35569,"date":"2021-05-19T16:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=35569"},"modified":"2021-05-19T16:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T15:29:48","slug":"plans-for-national-carrier-still-underway-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/plans-for-national-carrier-still-underway-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for national carrier still underway \u2013 FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation<br \/>\nMinister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says efforts at establishing a national carrier are still ongoing as operations may start in the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Sirika fielded questions from State House correspondents after a virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He said that efforts to set up a national carrier in 2021 were derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still on top gear; we are coming back to council; hopefully in the next two weeks to present the memo on the national carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went to council to approve the outline business case for the carrier; then, the council raised some questions and asked us to go and look at the memo again and bring it back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, once it comes back and the outline business case is approved by council, we will go to the full business case which is now going to the market and establishing the national carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our intention to have the national carrier running in 2021, which is this year; unfortunately, due to COVID-19, which took the greater part of last year, since March last year, activities have almost been impossible.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He said that though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/04\/10\/stop-politicising-covid-19-pandemic-who-tells-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pandemic<\/a> negatively affected civil aviation, in terms of establishment of the national carrier, it made it a much better time to establish the carrier than before.<\/p>\n<p>Sirika said that for obvious reasons, Nigeria would have fast access to equipment; deliveries of the aircraft would be faster and the rates might be cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sirika, Nigeria has a massive market and population to sustain an airline.<\/p>\n<p>He said that updates would be provided on the progress of the project after the next presentation to FEC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 has exposed the nation; lack of having very strong, viable airline is bad for the economy of Nigeria and for any country for that matter; tourism for example is badly affected by lack of airline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, to just say that Nigeria is the best candidate to have an airline; 200 million people that travel sometimes almost for nothing, sitting within the West African Region, 400million people; contiguous to Central Africa, 600million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwice the population of the US; equal to the population of entire continental Europe; at the centre of Africa, Nigeria, equal distance from all locations; rising middle class, propensity to fly is high; Nigeria is the best candidate for a very robust carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c In this 2021, we will try to do all the needful and probably intend to start operations somewhere in the first quarter of 2022,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said that FEC approved contract for the procurement, equipping, and installation of accident investigation towable mobile offices for civil aviation in the sum of N201 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says efforts at establishing a national carrier are still ongoing as operations may start in the first quarter of 2022. 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