MMIA Aviation

National Carrier: FG Treads the Old Path

There were reports last week that the federal government has appointed transaction advisers for the establishment of a national carrier and a facility maintenance and aircraft leasing company at the cost of N1.524 billion.  The Writer notes that government’s decision to engage foreign firms to provide advisory services for a national airline may be counterproductive. Many […]

FG MAY JETTISON AIRPORT CONCESSION PROGRAMME

There is an indication that the federal government may abandon the airport concession programme, which was one of the cardinal development goals this administration wished to actualise in the aviation sector. Minister of State, Aviation, SenatorHadiSirikahad on assumption of office declared he would concession the airports, see to the establishment of a national carrier as […]

Improving Security at Airports Aviation

FG Insists on Concession of Major Airports

The Federal government has said that despite opposition it has taken a firm decision to concession Nigeria’smajor airports located in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt and explained that it is the panacea to the protracted infrastructural decay, which could constitute a threat to air safety. This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator […]

Glimmer of Hope for Aviation

Although no meaningful development has taken place in the aviation sector in President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office, but the federal government has laid out a blueprint on how to transform the sector On December 23, 2015, the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, […]