‘It was chartered from Ethiopia’, Nigeria Air MD breaks silence on controversial aircraft

The Managing Director of Nigeria Air, Dayo Olumide has disclosed that the aeroplane that landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on 26th May 2023, was a chartered one from Ethiopia.

Olumide disclosed this while answering questions from the senators on Monday, adding that it was launched in 2018 and his own responsibility was to secure an operating certificate for the airline.

Olumide said, “It is a pleasure to be here and to finally make our position known where I can clarify all the misconceptions regarding Nigeria Air as it pertains to the technical aspects of it.

“As you know this airline was launched with the logo in 2018. Several things have transpired since then that have nothing to do with me.

“I was invited last February, my mandate is to secure an air operating certificate for the airline not necessarily to operate the airline but to secure a licence to fly. And that is entirely my responsibility.”

The Chairman of the Committee on Aviation, Senator Olujimi expressed displeasure of the committee when she said that the entire arrangement of the Nigeria Air was shrouded in suspicion.

In responding to Olujimi’s question, Olumide said the aircraft that flew into the country that day did not need a licence, so it was hired.

He said, “I will like to address your question first before I go on. The aircraft that came in and left was a legitimate charter flight. Anyone of us here if we have a destination wedding in Senegal, we can charter an aircraft.

“You don’t need to have a licence to do that, you just charter an aircraft, an aircraft you paid for it, it will be brought here, take your passengers and off you go.

“And that is what we did. But in this case, it was to unveil. Ever since 2018, all you have ever seen about Nigeria Aircraft were pictures, and drawings, not the real aircraft, and we thought it was time to show what the real aircraft will look like and also to let shareholders know.

“You see we have institutional investors, they are not in aviation, but they are putting their money for 10 or 15 years and to exit may be at the premium. So they need to see what the actual aircraft will look like.

“So we brought it in here to show them what the aircraft will look like. Then the social media dimension came into it.

“It is an Ethiopian-registered one. Why is it Ethiopian-registered? To operate aircraft in Nigeria, they must be Nigerian registered; on 5th November. That aircraft was not on 5th November registered because it was a chartered flight and it came in with just a few day’s clearance and off it went.

“For us to get that licence which is my mandate, we must among other things have three aircraft before the NCA will give us a licence and those three aircraft must be Nigerian-registered aircraft.”

“For us to get that licence which is my mandate, we must among other things have three aircraft before the NCA will give us a licence and those three aircraft must be Nigerian-registered aircraft.”

“There are five steps that one goes through to have a licence. We have gone from the first one to the second one but the problem is that when you change what we call post holders.

“Post holder is a technical term for director of maintenance, chief pilot, when you change them and replace them completely, you have to go back to phase one to interview them to be compliant to the authority, to the civil authority. But haven gone back to phase one doesn’t mean you have done anything thing wrong. That is a correct and normal process.

“So when this aircraft came on a chartered flight, everybody said we have launched Nigeria Air.

“There are learned people in the aviation industry who could have countered that when social media came out, they chose not to.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/06/it-was-chartered-from-ethiopia-nigeria-air-md-breaks-silence-on-controversial-aircraft/

See how a nation is being tossed around like a toy.

An unconstitutional President was declared from a fraudulent election despite the heavy 300billion that was wasted. No heads are rolling

Despite all the heavy billions of dollars invested to have a national carrier, a packaged fraudulent scam was just put out as a flight. No head is rolling

An organised fraud called subsidy is being used to cause pains and hardship on citizens.

If not God, Nigeria cannot still be a country today.

I believe JOY is coming. I believe a new Nigeria is coming.

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‘It was chartered from Ethiopia’, Nigeria Air MD breaks silence on controversial aircraft

“And that is what we did. But in this case, it was to unveil. Ever since 2018, all you have ever seen about Nigeria Aircraft were pictures, and drawings, not the real aircraft, and we thought it was time to show what the real aircraft will look like and also to let shareholders know.




https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/06/it-was-chartered-from-ethiopia-nigeria-air-md-breaks-silence-on-controversial-aircraft/

Nlfpmod

Ko yemi.. this UNVEIL na today i go sabi Diff Between am n LUNCH.
UNVEILING na SYNONYM to SCAM/WHINE now.

Buhari is the most fraudulent piece of shit that ever happened to this nation

Lol

Massive lootings were going unchecked under Buhari.

Where are those imbecilic naysayers who were defending this charade of shame as if it is their line of proffession.

The people you defended just called you a fool by this exposure.

Nigerians are quick to defend anything, even when it is glaringly wrong, as long they sense it is to ridicule their pay master.

😂🤣😆

But David Huyedin said this

Apc and buhari are fraudulent

Desperately trying to save face after his format was bursted on social media. Scam!

This is the reason Nigeria will not make any meaningful progress as a nation, so many fraudulent characters in Government deceiving themselves.

We already know

Am not seeing any meeescreant comments here or are they asleep already?

Government of chronic liars, scammers, fraudsters deceivers and irredeemable stupid and irresponsible. When David Hundeyin broke this news, all the sai Buhari, but now Tinubu miscreants were gnashing their teeth @ him.Now their fraud is in the open. No country succeeds with a fraudulent foundation.

APC is a criminal organization.

When Ezekwesili warned about the fraud, those vultures insulted her saying she is not patriotic.

If na China, that Hari the minister of aviation should have been sentenced to death.

By the time APC and Tinubu is done with yollloba people, their eyes go clear!

What will it cost to have just three plan to secure the operating license all these while?

But Nigeria should be called the capital of corruption o.

……and the theatrics continue 🫤

so why is the former minister of aviation walking a free man?

Thoughts?

Dj play me "you don bash my car by Tony Tetuila FT hadi

APC...

Scammer watch

30k people don run

Tinubuuu

Is a bigger fraudster

Its time to be drastic about corruption...we will start by taking back our mandate & then squeeze everyone involved in corruption

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