By Seun Ibiyemi
The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, during the week said it has no mandate to revive the botched Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian Airline.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Ibrahim Kana, made this clarification in a statement issued in Abuja.
“Since my inaugural statement on Monday at the hand-over ceremony, I have been inundated with inquiries about my reference to the revival of the National Carrier Project.
“For the avoidance of doubt I never said that there is a mandate to revive the botched Nigeria Air deal with Ethiopian airline. I received no such instruction.
“I was only referring to the general vision of the Administration to still consider a national carrier project if it is favourable to the country and under the guidance and directives of Mr. President and the Minister of Aviation. I hope this clarifies all the ambiguities surrounding my earlier statement on this issue,” the statement said.