Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister, Festus Keyamo (SAN) is very angry with the controversial Nigeria Air agreement with Ethiopian Airlines.

He said: “I cannot preempt my President; all the reports have been forwarded to the President. The issue we met on the ground. It would have been irresponsible to close my eyes to those concerns. Because of that, we suspended the Nigeria Air.”

“We have looked at all the issues, and the report is before the President.”

“That’s why when they tell you we want to crash the price by… it’s a lie. It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

“The only thing that brings down prices in the commercial world is fair competition.”

“In the agreement, they also proposed appointing everybody; top management, everybody Ethiopian, in Nigeria, and we agreed. We agreed!”

For those who don’t know, the Minister suspended the controversial Nigeria Air project and airport concession deals conducted under former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.