Musa Nuhu, Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, has said that the proposed June 21 date for resumption of domestic flights was no longer feasible.

Recall that the Nigerian Government on June 1 announced that it was putting protocols in place to ensure the commencement of domestic flight operations on June 21.

Speaking at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily briefing on Thursday, Nuhu said June 21 was no longer a great time to resume operations.

He said, “June 21 is not a feasible date to resume domestic operations.



“The civil aviation authority despite pressures coming from all quarters will not approve the start any day until we are sure and we confirm that we are ready to start in a safe, secure, organised and efficient manner. To do otherwise is disastrous for all of us.

“If we open the industry when we are not ready, and we are guilty of spreading Coronavirus, God forbid we have any incident, I believe the government will come hard on us and it is going to be counterproductive and disastrous for the industry.

“We are not too far, we are close but there is a need for timing to ensure that we are ready, positively, absolutely ready to start work.

“We have to adopt all these, it’s not easy; it’s a very complex process. What I can assure is that, the civil aviation authority will only give a go-ahead when we are ready, nothing further.


“We are looking towards the end of this month. Hopefully, by the end of next week, we will submit a report through the Ministry of Aviation to the Presidential Task Force for review. We know the industry is anxious but to do otherwise will be a great disservice and neglect of our statutory mandate from the government of Nigeria.

http://saharareporters.com/2020/06/18/resumption-domestic-flight-operations-june-21-no-longer-feasible-%E2%80%94ptf

The cases keep rising

Unfortunately, there has been a ban on interstate travel yet pple are traveling, Naria Marley and other marlians are travelling by air. So I just wonder when we will ever flatten the curve

Stop sounding like you’re being careful all in the bid to hide your cluelessness. Nigeria has far less reported cases than most of the Western countries where football matches are being played. Early part of the year, when most of these countries were struggling with containing the virus, we still had zero reported case in Nigeria. We had every opportunity to reduce the impact of this Pandemic on our Economy and Nation. Nations that were caught off-guard have found a way to bounce back. They’ve opened up schools, business and other social and religious gathering, while we're still going back and forth with the ever docile PTF. Let me agree that GEJ was clueless, but he listened to wise counsels. We have a President that is both clueless and nonchalant.

Wahala dey

We don hear, make una sha open interstate travel

With the current rate of covid19 infections,this is the right decision.May God help us all.I pity those who need to travel out of their state.

Of course it isn't. Same thing with banks and religious centres but guess they are ready to close and shut them down when cases arise

kk