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Nigerians rage as FG Suspends Nigeria Air Project
The Federal Government, Wednesday, suspended its controversial national carrier project, Nigeria Air.
Disclosing this to newsmen in Abuja, the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, noted that the decision to suspend the project was strategic and had nothing to do with politics or pressure from stakeholders.
Sirika had unveiled the name and logo of the carrier at an airshow in London, in July.
He had added that government was in talks with aircraft providers ahead of the take-off of the project.
“We’ve been talking to Airbus and Boeing (and they’re present at this event) regarding the aircraft for and we will be making announcements very soon. We are currently negotiating,” he had said.
But on Wednesday, he announced the suspension without giving any reason.
Social media has been boiling over this action.
