The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation is set to hear the investigation on the controversial launch of Air Nigeria, Nigeria’s national carrier later today.
Truth Live News had reported that the president Muhammadu Buhari led administration had at the tail end of its exit launched the airline project which generated alot of reactions.
Earlier, the committee had invited relevant stakeholders to the hearing sheduled for Monday in Abuja.
The hearing however did not hold as scheduled as representatives of most of the stakeholders had left the venue before the committee’s Chairman, Nnolim Nnaji arrived about two hours behind schedule.
Amongst those invited by the committee are: the Ministry of Aviation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Airline Operators of Nigeria, Ethiopian Airlines and aviation fuel (Jet-A1) suppliers.
On arrival, Nnaji apologised to stakeholders who waited behind at the venue, asking that the hearing be postponed to 3pm on Tuesday (today).
The Buhari administration had failed to deliver Nigeria Air after eight years, over the controversy that surrounded the national carrier.
While executing the project, the Federal Government had boycotted domestic airlines, under the umbrella of the Airline Operators of Nigeria, and signed a deal with Ethiopian Airlines to float the Nigerian carrier.
Following the federal government’s action, AON dragged the government and its agencies before a court to stop the process.
The first plane of the country’s national carrier, Nigeria Air, towards the end of the last administration despite protests from local operators that it was contrary to a court order, which barred the government from taking further action on the project.