The Federal Government has declared that the indigenous airline, Nigeria Air, would take off on or before May 29, 2023.
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this while speaking with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday, April 26.
Sirika said the infrastructure and officials are ready and only await the final approval by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
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The minister also assured the workers in the aviation sector that all issues relating to their agitations on minimum wage would be taken care of by relevant government agencies and ministries.
He disclosed that the council approved N9 billion for the procurement, installation, and inauguration of voice and data recorders in nine airports across the country.
On his part, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also disclosed that the 137km Kano to Zaria and 73 km Zaria to Kaduna expressways, as well as the second Niger bridge projects would be handed over to the Federal Government on May 15 for inauguration.
According to him, the 116km Lagos-Ibadan expressway will also be handed over to the government on April 30, while the Loko-Oweto bridge linking Nasarawa and Benue states and the Utor bridge in Delta State had been completed.
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