Barely two months after the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) unveiled its proposed national carrier project (Nigeria-Air), the project has been “suspended in the interim” according to the Minister of State for Aviation. On one hand, the development came in as a surprise considering the initial commitment of the FGN to the project despite public outcry. On the other hand, the resources that have been committed to the project could have easily been deployed to some more pressing uses.

While we query the viability of the FGN’s participation in the aviation industry in the first place, we are worried about the implication of the development on the government’s commitment to other economic matters and ultimately the critical reforms required across the key sectors of the economy such as transportation, power, oil & gas, healthcare, and the much-touted economic diversification.

Compared to Nigeria’s huge population size, rising middle class and huge demographic attraction, other activities in the sector such as the air-freight (consisting of shippers, airliners, leading courier firms) and aviation handling, remains dominated by a handful of companies such as UPS, DHL, NAHCO, and SAHCOL. Thus, much work is still needed to unlock hidden potentials across the sector. Our view remains that the FGN’s focus should be on creating an enabling environment rather than an outright participation.

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/daily-insight-nigerias-aviation-sector-any-need-for-government-participation/

A topic worth debating

Creating an enabling environment or having our own airline all boiis down to proper managerial skills. This is the psycho-industrial factor we are lacking from the grassroots to the top government echelon.

Take for example, the internet farmers of nairaland. A lot of people have wasted money and gone astray because of the half-baked information some people dish out here without hands-on experience. Internet and paper plans and feasibility studies are all different from real life situations packed with experiences.

So the point here is that Nigeria has always fixed square pegs in round holes. Now we have got the money, space and time but lack the willpower to go for the best of brains in the aviation industry to manage this venture, simply because some ogas at the top has been scheming to be at the helm of the whole thing from the beginning, mind you these ogas has little or no experience to function in this capacity.

I don't see while a county with over 200 million people, smart people all over the world and resources can't start and maintain a common airline when countries like small Qatar et al are living huge on aviation despite their excess oil money. It's not rocket science, the managerial skills is just missing.

These skills will keep missing if we don't do away with favoritism and nepotism. That's the barn of our existence as a nation. Nigeria should go into the market and pick the right persons, I can help them If they don't mind

Until the government do this we will all keep moving in a circle in all sectors. We will remain this way and nothing will ever work because the ogas have refused harmony between their ID EGO & SUPEREGO (sorry for the jargons)

The way the country is now, whatever the govt says they want to do, let them do. Because if they don't do it now, it might take 300 years to get to it again, by that time, none of us here will be around to witness. Since they haven't really done anything tangible, if it's pencil the govt wants to start producing, pls they should go on with it. Half bread is better than none

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segeranking:
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Even the name "Nigeria" is a is a joke

YoungLionken:

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Amen... Thanks for your genuine concern bro. Do have a splendid weekend.

No

No need at all, Nigeria's successive governments have proven to be inept at managing business companies as evidenced by the number of moribund companies littered all over the place. Buhari and his advisers really blundered with this Nigerian air nonsense, trying to take Nigeria back to decades old policies. Nigerian government has no business running air transport companies, they should leave it to private investors and most importantly open up the market for many investors as possible and break the current monopoly of a few major airlines

Private sector should handle it, but we all know that it will be sold to their own companies by proxy and it will be the same thing

Government should stay out.

The Nigerian government is largely incompetent when managing companies. This is not the UAE or Singapore. Rather, it's a place where folks who don't know the job will be saddled with the responsibilities of managing the firm.

So no need for government's interference. Just provide the environment, dazol.

Nigerian government and their 419 game the whole country should be privatize to experienced and competent nation Abeg I'm ashamed as a Nigerian anywhere I travel to I pray Nigeria it's shall be well.

this Government and waste are like arsenal and disappointment

No need. The private sector can do it alone.

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