Arik Air: Government's Negotiation with Ethiopian Airline Unpatriotic, Shameless Says Arik Shareholders

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photo credit: www.arikair.com

Following recent news that Ethiopian Airline is bidding to takeover the management of  Nigeria's largest Carrier; Arik Air from the Nigerian government, the former Vice President of the airline, Senator Anietie Okon  has said the move shows “the level of lack of patriotism and shamelessness by some people in government offices” 

 Speaking on behalf of shareholders of Arik Air, Senator Okon regretted that  the airline which had operated successfully for 10 years ran into financial difficulty due to the ongoing economic recession in the country  "and next line of action was for AMCON to take it over and now hurrying to hand it over to a foreign company that will sack most of the indigenous staff of the airline.”

Okon said in an interview with Thisday that Nigerian government should be more concerned about why Nigerian airlines do not survive for a long time. He urged the aviation authorities in Nigeria  to "look at their policies and operating environment"

 Senator emphasised that Nigeria generates the traffic" all regional carriers including the famous Ethiopian Airlines depend on in West and Central Africa'' and wondered why the country should surrender its own airline to a foreign competing airline.
“I really will not blame Ethiopian. It is the gullible Nigerians who will sell his countrymen for peanuts" he added.

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