The Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika will tomorrow in Lagos deliver a keynote address on the achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration in the aviation industry. Sirika will lead a federal government delegation to Lagos as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) holds its first stakeholders’ interactive forum for the year 2018. This was […]
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The globally renowned aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, has met with the Federal Government to discuss the setting up of a national carrier for Nigeria. Although the government did not disclose if it had chosen Boeing as its partner for setting up an airline for the country, it stated that the meeting with the aircraft manufacturer was […]
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Worried by the deficient capacities of indigenous airline operators, the Federal Government has hinted it was developing a new business model that would make Nigeria’s aviation industry self sufficient. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who dropped this hint recently, said that the Federal Government was currently establishing a business model that will […]
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Nigeria is to save about $90 million in capital flight lost by local airlines to the maintenance of aircraft offshore with the commencement of Aero Contractors Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos, says Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika. Sirika spoke over the weekend during the roll out of a Boeing […]
Read More The officials of the Federal Ministry of Aviation have begun negotiations with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with a view to getting interest rates on loans for prospective investors in the industry reduced to 9 per cent. Nigeria’s apex bank had left the country’s key interest rate unchanged at 14 per cent for more […]
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Nigeria’s high rate of inflation is making a grievous impact on its aviation sector with the number of passengers declining by 456,135 between January and June this year. An analysis of a new report on the sector prepared by the National Bureau of Statistics and obtained by correspondent on Friday showed that the passenger traffic […]
Read More The Nigerian Government says the planned concession of major airports across the country will go ahead as planned. This is just as it announced that ₦45 billion would be paid to ex-workers of the defunct Nigerian Airways as severance package. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, stated this while fielding questions from State […]
Read More The Minister of State for Aviation Hadi Sirika, has said that he will resign if the Abuja International Airport is not opened by April 19, 2017. The minister made this known at a meeting between the Ministry of Information and an Aviation Industry Pressure Group, round table in Lagos. The Minister said the level of […]
Read More The federal government plans to establish an aviation university to promote research, development and production of high level manpower, according to Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika. Sirika on a familiarisation tour of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State, yesterday said: “The aviation university will be different from NCAT; the university will […]
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