Air Nigeria: 'We need a national carrier'- Akpabio to FG

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has called connected the Nigerian authorities to guarantee the commencement of a nationalist carrier.

Akpabio urged the national authorities to guarantee that Nigeria's nationalist bearer is revived to alleviate the plights of travellers.

He spoke connected the level of the Senate, pursuing a question by Borno North Senator, Tahir Monguno, connected the request to revive Air Nigeria.

Akpabio besides urged the Senate Committee connected Legislative Compliance to liaise with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Aviation to guarantee that resolutions are reached connected the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, BASA, wrong the adjacent 4 weeks.

He said: "The further supplication is that we should revive Air Nigeria; it's precise simple, we don't person to discarded clip discussing dormant issues, but determination is thing we indispensable do. Somebody should bring up a question that would alteration Nigeria to revive its ain airline.

"We should person Nigerian Airways, a nationalist bearer successful this country, carrying the Nigerian emblem arsenic it utilized to be.

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