The Aviation Minister on behalf of Nigeria is to sign Bilateral Air Service Agreement, BASA, with the State of Israel. This is the first ever air service agreement between the two countries. Previous attempts to sign BASA in 2005 and 2012 were unsuccessful.
The agreement is expected to be signed this week during President Jonathan’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
According to Joe Obi, Special Assistant, Media, to the Aviation Minister, “the agreement is a culmination of months of rigorous negotiations between the two countries,The landmark agreement comes as a clear validation of the nation’s high safety and security ratings by international aviation bodies, especially the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, and improvement in the infrastructure of the aviation sector in the last two years thanks to the embattled Aviation Minister initiative.
The agreement will pave way for direct flights between both territories on the principle of reciprocity by designated airlines of both countries.
Before now, Nigerians traveling to Israel, including Christian pilgrims, have had to endure long-winding stop-overs in neighbouring countries before being finally airlifted to the Holy Land. Meanwhile, under the terms of the agreement, Nigeria and Israel will enjoy equal rights and privileges, as against past BASAs that were heavily skewed against Nigerian airlines. This is just one of the success of the Aviation Minister in the person of Princess Oduah....



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That's a good one for the Country, good work keep it up...

This is one of the reasons why enemies of nigeria are fighter her.
Stella Oduah is really working, while haters are hating.
Fresh Air till 2019.

Way to go, girl!

Like GEJ, she's hated for no just cause

The minister of aviation Stella Oduah is de best thing dat has happened to de sector.
Peeps fighting her are merely A.C.N e-rats and warriors.

Majorly de "ofe nmanu" peeps

Oduah Stella should bring in policies that would boost the Aviation industry in Nigeria particularly the airport and aviation businesses in the 6 geopolitical zones

this is gon break some people's heart, they might even want to attempt sucide after reading this.....lol

This is another landmark achievement in the history of the Aviation Sector! Welldone Honourable Minister (but that should not prevent the President's sledge hammer from landing on you if you are found culpable in the N225 million fraud)! This Jonathan's administration is indeed a blessing to Nigeria and Nigerians.

emmydeep: This is one of the reasons why enemies of nigeria are fighter her.
Stella Oduah is really working, while haters are hating.
Fresh Air till 2019.

On spot.

The useless haters from the SW are obviously avoiding this thread. Why?

That won't stop her from being investigated by EFCC. She must come home and answer query.

Anyway,kudos to her for another landmark achievement.

If she likes let her sign MoU between Nigeria and Jupiter, Pluto and mars, she was caught stealing and she should go. You can replace her with the Obi of Onitsha for all i care, no wahala.

Hahahahahahaha... Suffer me to say those fighting our dear princess Stella Odua are only trying to destroy the GEJ administration. They want the best ministers from the SE out, knowing too well they are his backbone, do you remember how many times NOI has been summoned and she took the dumb heads at the lower and upper house on some money lectures, without even a single question from the numerous yorubas there who claim to be most learned in the country? Odua has achieved what the renown yoruba drug addict, FFK couldn't achieve in all his worthless life. You can hate the Igbos for all I care, but without the Igbos, Nigeria CANNOT achieve a single giant feat, from INDEPENDENCE to industrialisation of Nigeria. I love yorubas, hausas, middle belt, niger delta, fulani, kanuri etc. But I emplore my yoruba brethren to stop hating the igbos, stop the betrayal and the media war against us. We have never hurt yorubas before, we are not violent even like your hausa cousins who fight, rape and maim you in your own land. We don't fight you, why hate us so much? Please stop the war and embrace peace, thanks.

Good one for the Aviation sector.

gbanikiti: That won't stop her from being investigated by EFCC. She must come home and answer query.

Anyway,kudos to her for another landmark achievement.

Yes, she must answer query and face the house of Rep.

are u ppl mad? she embezzled 225m and still signing one bilateral rubbish..i'm very sure 9ja is really heading to her doom...dis country has nothing to offer we youths.....

Good one from her. I'm sure news agencies like Sahara Reporters, Punch and Osun defender will report this or probably twist the story.

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stebell: The minister of aviation Stella Oduah is de best thing dat has happened to de sector.
Peeps fighting her are merely A.C.N e-rats and warriors.

Majorly de "ofe nmanu" peeps

una signed deal which is one way traffic n una dey happy.u go fly 4 naija 4 d deal?u guys r mo.rons

Kudos 2 u mad-am,bt u thief.loot and stole such amount while many ppl ar sleeping under bridge,ASUU on strike.is bad of u

emmydeep: This is one of the reasons why enemies of nigeria are fighter her.
Stella Oduah is really working, while haters are hating.
Fresh Air till 2019.

what is dis one saying again?

How on earth some of you make every news - both the important and the negligible, into an ethnic war beats the hell of of me

Oduah/GeJ-------------------------2019

My princess carry go. Haters can continue hating while you record achievements.

KUDOS!

Very Good. The Woman is Hardworking Undoubtedly But This Bullet-Proof Car Stuff has Really Tarnished her Image!

emmydeep: This is one of the reasons why enemies of nigeria are fighter her.
Stella Oduah is really working, while haters are hating.
Fresh Air till 2019.

shey na stella airways go fly 4 naija?u put things in order b4 signing deals

stebell: The minister of aviation Stella Oduah is de best thing dat has happened to de sector.
Peeps fighting her are merely A.C.N e-rats and warriors.

Majorly de "ofe nmanu" peeps

d way u inyamiris go abt defending Stella cos she is ur tribe is embarrassing. What ever happens to logic and common sense? I now see clearly d reason why an igbo president in naija is as impossible as a camel passing thru d proverbial needle eye.

Comments above confirm that NL is full of dullards! We now know where the high failures from NECO and WAEC come from!
Does the creditable performance of officers in select functions exempt them from public accountability in others? Should a man be exonerated from particular blame all because he has done well in other matters? You begin to wonder what some folks reason with! Ass perhaps!

We should live lagacy for the coming generation, if a poor woman steel maggi they will show him face for parmfighter pls am not in support of any evil if she is found guilty she should go with imediate effect, infact this GEJ is not ruling with action, well we thank her for the archievement

zeeayinita: d oil soup lickers r on their way buh i c dey r trekkin from d sahara desert

U jus made me to LOL.

Outside of pilgrimage, what businesses do nigerians do in isreal? What is the exact benefit of this bilateral agreement?

Bilateral air agreement is signed and some of you are acting like its the best thing in the aviation sector! Some are even praising the same Minister who is under investigation for car acquisition! It beats my imagination at how such little things which don't even get mentioned in a small column in newspapers in developed society make headline news in Nigeria. No wonder we are still in the state that we are!! If we get our acts together, we won't need to go asking anyone for bilateral air agreement. They will come to us to sign it.

...sycophancy everywhere... ..