The federal government (FG) has again announced a take off date for the long awaited national carrier named Nigeria Air.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the announcement was made by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Wednesday.
Sirika made the announcement after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He disclosed that Nigeria Air is expected to take off by April 2022.
According to Sirika, the national carrier will be run by a company in which the Nigerian government will hold a 5% stake and Nigerian entrepreneurs holding 46%.
He revealed that the remaining 49% will be reserved for yet-to-be assigned strategic equity partners, including foreign investors.
He further noted that the national carrier, when operational, will create about 70,000 jobs for Nigerians.
Recall that the FG in July 2018 proposed Nigeria Air as Nigeria’s national carrier. The name and logo were unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom.
Operations were expected to begin in December 2018 but the plans were later scrapped by the FG.