The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has resumed hearing and rescheduled its investigative hearing on the controversial launch of Air Nigeria, Nigeria’s national carrier, by the Muhammadu Buhari led administration.
The committee had invited relevant stakeholders to the hearing earlier scheduled for Monday in Abuja. However, representatives of most of the stakeholders had left the venue before the arrival of the committee’s Chairman, Nnolim Nnaji, who came about two hours behind schedule.
The stakeholders invited by the committee include the Ministry of Aviation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, Airline Operators of Nigeria, Ethiopian Airlines as well as aviation fuel (Jet-A1) suppliers.
Nnolim Nnaji, after his arrival, apologised to stakeholders who waited behind at the venue, asking that the hearing be postponed to 3pm on Tuesday June 6.
It will be recalled that the Buhari administration had failed to deliver Nigeria Air after eight years, over the controversy that surrounded the national carrier. The Federal Government had boycotted domestic airlines, under the aegis of the Airline Operators of Nigeria, and signed a deal with Ethiopian Airlines to float the Nigerian carrier.
The AON had consequently dragged the Government and its agencies before a court to stop the process.
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