Federal Government Suspends Nigeria Air Project, Gives No Reasons

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air.

He made the announcement via his twitter handle. Read tweet below:

I regret to announce that the Federal Executive Council has taken the tough decision to suspend the National Carrier Project in the interim. All commitments due will be honoured. We thank the public for the support as always.????????????

— Hadi Sirika (@hadisirika) September 19, 2018

Reason for this suspension was not made known as at the time of filing this report.