{"id":125562,"date":"2023-11-30T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/30\/tinubu-has-final-say-on-nigeria-air\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T00:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:02:23","slug":"tinubu-has-final-say-on-nigeria-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/30\/tinubu-has-final-say-on-nigeria-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Has Final Say On Nigeria Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-880698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Festus-Keyamo-710x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"375\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will decide the next step for the Nigeria Air Project.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this while speaking to State House Correspondents after Monday\u2019s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot preempt my President. I cannot\u2026now we have looked at all the issues and it\u2019s before Mr. President,\u201d Keyamo said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it would be \u201cirresponsible\u201c of the Federal Government to follow through on a deal that gives monopoly of Nigeria\u2019s aviation industry to a foreign entity.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2018, Nigeria Air\u2019s ownership stakes is divided among Ethiopian Airlines (49 per cent) Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (46 per cent), and the Federal Government (5 per cent)<\/p>\n<p>However, Keyamo revealed that some of the details of the agreement signed with the major stakeholder in the deal, Ethiopian Airlines, required another critical look, in the interest of the nation, citing waivers and the staffing arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the agreement, you are giving tax waivers to Ethiopian Airline coming into Nigeria. They asked for tax waivers for five years and you granted them, to come and compete with your local airline which are paying those heavy taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow? Do you want to create a monopoly? That\u2019s why when they tell you that we want to crash price by\u2026it\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s robbing Peter to pay Paul.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: I\u2019ll Rather Sack You Than Lose My Job \u2013 Keyamo Warns Aviation Agencies\u2019 CEOs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that brings down prices in the commercial world is fair competition,\u201d he detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo also lamented that the contract sought to cede the appointment of employees at all levels to the Ethiopian investors, a situation he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the agreement, they also made a proposal that they will appoint everybody; top management, everybody Ethiopian, in Nigeria, and we agreed. We agreed!\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>However, Keyamo said all details are before the President for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have heard all kinds of things going on, all kinds of brickbats in the social media, but I cannot preempt my President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the documents, all the reports, everything, we have forwarded to Mr. President, the issues we\u2019ve met on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel the pulse of Nigerians. Even the National Assembly raised concerns over that, and so many stakeholders. It would have been irresponsible to close my eyes totally to those concerns. So because of that, we suspended it, to say that let\u2019s just look at all the issues and recommend,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo explained that, had the Nigeria Air agreement been implemented, it would have created a monopoly for Ethiopian Air, at the expense of other local airliners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will decide the next step for the Nigeria Air Project. He disclosed this while speaking to State House Correspondents after Monday\u2019s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. \u201cI cannot preempt my President. 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