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The Federal Government has lifted the ban placed on a private airline, Executive Jet Services, which flew musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert mid-June.
The airline had acted in contravention of the restriction on interstate movement and closure of airports in existence at the time.
The airline had been suspended but giving an update on Monday during a Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the ban has been lifted.
On Monday, June 15, 2020, Sirika suspended Executive Jets for lying about its operations and for violating the ban that has shut Nigeria’s airspace since March, in a bid to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Marley’s concert in Abuja on Saturday, June 13, sparked outrage on social media platforms for its violation of social and physical distancing protocols.
It was also staged at a time when interstate travel by land and air is still prohibited by federal and state governments.