FG Approves Payment Of N45bn For Former Nigeria Airways Staff Entitlements

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has approved the payment of N45billion severance package to former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways. The national carrier was liquidated by ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 2005, and the workers had been embarking on protests nationwide…

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Aviation Unions Threaten To Truncate Birth Of ‘Nigeria Air’

LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aviation unions have threatened to truncate the birth of the new carrier few hours after Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, unveiled the name and logo of the proposed national carrier, ‘Nigeria Air’. Comrade Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), in an interview with Independent,…

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