Sources say that the foreign exchange and fuel crises that have plagued the aviation sector seem to have led to a decline in the sector’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product by 61.47 per cent. The nominal GDP output of the sector crashed from N84.73bn in the first quarter of 2022 to N32.65bn by the
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Leader of the Federal Government delegation to sympathise with the people and government of Zamfara over kidnapped Jangebe schoolgirls, Hadi Sirika, has briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the outcome of their mission to the state. Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the president on Monday in Abuja, Sirika, who is
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The Nigerian government has acquired three new aircraft for its aviation training school, an official has said. The training school is Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on his Twitter handle (@handisirika) on Sunday. Sirika said there was no better aviation safety than having
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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has dispelled Federal Government’s claim of building an airport in the state. The governor through a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C-Don Adinuba, said the government had received series of calls since the claim by the Federal Government which had gone viral. He said
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that international flights would resume in weeks. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 55th Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Although he did not announce a definite date, the Minister said the commencement of international flights would
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Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said the federal government is not in a hurry to announce the resumption of international flights. The minister stated this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday. He said any decision taken would be in the interest of Nigerians, while pointing out that
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has penalised a British airline company, Flair jet, for operating commercial flights into Nigeria without approval amidst lockdown. This was announced by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Sunday via his Twitter handle, where he said the airline contravened section 1.3.3 of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations 2015. He
Read moreThe Federal Government announced on Sunday that it has impounded an aircraft belonging to a British company for operating passenger flights into Nigeria without approval. This was made known in a tweet by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The Minister explained that the UK company, Flair Aviation had the government’s approval for humanitarian operations,
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