Nigeria's Aviation News Headlines for Monday December 5, 2016



It is a new week and expectations are high as we hope that airlines are ready to meet the high traffic demands of the season.
Please find headlines below and follow the links to read the stories in full.

Nigeria Turns to Pakistan, China, Russia for War Planes


Following the refusal of the US government and other western countries to supply arms to Nigeria to prosecute the war against Boko Haram, the federal government has turned its attention to China, Pakistan and Russia. Consequently, the Nigerian Air Force is expecting arrival of war-planes and helicopters from Pakistan and Russia to boost its fleets. 

The Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, who disclosed this at a breakfast briefing with editors of online media in Abuja at the weekend, said:  “I want to say that we have been enjoying support from other countries. (Sometimes arms procurement) is shrouded in a lot of politics. ‘’Unfortunately, I’m not a politician, so I cannot be able to say much on that. But what I can tell you is that right now, as I speak to you, we are expecting the Pakistani Chief of Air Staff in Nigeria soon. Pakistan has accepted to sell ten trainer airplanes.
http://thenationonlineng.net/pakistan-russia-fighter-jets-set-join-boko-haram-war/

Nigerian Govt Moves to Replace NAMA, FAAN, NCAA Chiefs

Nigeria's Minister of State for Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika. photo credit:dailytrust.com.ng

The Federal Government has concluded plans to effect a change in the leadership of three of the major aviation agencies. The agencies are the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
To be affected are Mr. Emmanuel Anyasi of NAMA, Saleh Dunoma of FAAN and most likely Capt. Muhtar Usman of NCAA as the trio are said to have reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 or 35 years in service as stipulated.
The compulsory retirement age for all grades in the service is 60 years or 35 years’ pensionable service, whichever comes first. According to the Civil Service Rule (CSR 020810 (ii), “No officer shall be allowed to remain in service after attaining 60 years or 35 years of pensionable service whichever comes earlier.”
This also means that the NAMA acting managing director, Anyasi, who has spent 35 years in service as at November, is also eligible for a terminal leave. Already, Anyasi, an engineer, is expected to retire on January 22, 2017.

Arab Investors Eye Nigerian Tourism Sector

Arab Investors eye Nigerian Tourism sector

A number of investors from the United Arab Emirates have indicated interest to invest in the Nigerian tourism sector.
The investors who met with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), said Nigeria had the full potential in the tourism sector which they were willing to explore.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was on the sideline of the “International Conference for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas’’ attended by the minister in Abu Dhabi.
The meeting was coordinated by Mr Nura Rimi, the Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria in UAE, Abu Dhabi.
Speaking after the meeting, Mohammed Hamadi, a reknown sectorial investor and Consultant, who has business concern across the globe, said that Nigeria had a lot of investment opportunities, being the largest country in Africa in terms of population.

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