As
Emirates airlines and Kenya airways are about suspending their flights
to Abuja, Dino Melaye, has asked the senate to intervene in the aviation
sector, because calamity is looming there.
Senator Dino Melaye
Speaking on the floor of the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, the
senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, asked the Senate to
intervene in the aviation sector, because “calamity” is looming
in there, as Emirates airlines and Kenya airways are about suspending
their flights to Abuja, citing economic problems.
Narrating further at the upper legislative chamber, the outspoken
APC chieftain, lamented the state of local airlines, and urged the
senate to be on the negotiating table with them to ensure that air fares
are not hiked when the federal government eventually offers them a
bailout.
“Mr President, I rise this morning to quote order 42, which is matter of urgent public importance," TheCable News quoted the senator as saying.
“I call the attention of the Nigerian senate to the calamitous
situation that is about to befall us. As I speak, some airlines like
Turkish, Kenya, Emirates are suspending some of their flights in
Nigeria. In fact, some airlines have made Ghana their take off base.
“Government has suggested it may give a bailout to some local
airlines. I ask that before this policy is implemented government must
sit with these airlines to ensure that there is no increase in fares.
So, that Nigerians will not have to pay more,” he said.
It was gathered that Dino Melaye’s statement is coming after Yusuf
Lasun, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, declared that
no Nigerian airline was safe, adding that he preferred travelling long
hours on the road to flying on a local airline.
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