Air Nigeria: 'We want a nationwide service'- Akpabio to FG

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has referred to as on the Nigerian authorities to make sure the delivery of a nationwide service.

Akpabio urged the federal authorities to make sure that Nigeria’s nationwide service is revived to alleviate the plight of air travellers.

He spoke on the ground of the Senate, following a movement by Borno North Senator, Tahir Monguno, on the necessity to revive Air Nigeria.

Akpabio additionally urged the Senate Committee on Legislative Compliance to liaise with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Aviation to make sure that resolutions are reached on the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, BASA, inside the subsequent 4 weeks.

He mentioned: “The additional prayer is that we should revive Air Nigeria; it’s very simple, we don’t have to waste time discussing dead issues, but there is something we must do. Somebody should bring up a motion that would enable Nigeria to revive its own airline.

“We ought to have Nigerian Airways, a nationwide service on this nation, carrying the Nigerian flag because it was.

“At one time, Nigerian Airways used to have about 40 planes on the ground, so how did we get here?

“Watch December and the confusion; even the personal airways cannot deal with it. Common campaigns you’ll be able to’t even see personal jets to rent. So, since it is a reformative and transformative authorities, we should always be capable to urge the federal authorities to look into that and alleviate the plight of air travellers.”