IS HADI SIRIKA OF KATSINA OBSESSED TO OWN NIGERIA AIR?

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IS HADI SIRIKA OF KATSINA OBSESSED TO OWN NIGERIA AIR?

Outgoing Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika will stop at nothing to possess the proposed Nigeria Air national carrier by proxy especially with the succinct support of his godfather, Major General President Muhammadu Buhari, as the icing on the cake of eight years of being a cabinet minister!

For seven consecutive years, Hadi Sirika had consistently pushed for the commissioning of a new air carrier for Nigeria with diligent professionalism considering the fact that in the past 20 years, Nigeria could not boast of a national air carrier!

Nigeria Airways was the flagship national air carrier of the Federal Republic which operated for 44 years (1959-2003 ), but became moribund due to so many factors prominent among which was maladministration. 

During ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo's tenure, a renowned international aeronautic business man Richard Branson was contracted to float another national air carrier christened Virgin Nigeria. Operations started earnestly in June 2005 and lasted till September 2012 when its operation terminated for reason of breach of contract! Ordinarily Hadi Sirika could be classified as a patriot who believed in an evolving economy most importantly in the Aviation Industry which he vouched would contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to him the new investment would facilitate hospitality, tourism, growth, development of the Nigerian agricultural sector and also create jobs around the Agro Cargo Terminals.

Other benefits of the new national air carrier would include reduced capital flight from Nigeria; gain the optimal Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) and Single African Air Transportation Market (SAATM) and develop an aviation hub. 

WILL THIS LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT BY HADI SIRIKA TO FLOAT A NATIONAL AIR CARRIER FOR NIGERIA SUCCEED?

 

Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), have jointly accused Hadi Sirika of single-handedly chosen Ethiopian Airlines (ET), as the sole partner in the new venture of Nigeria Air through a pseudo Transaction Adviser for the transaction which was incorporated in March 2022. They also alleged that the Aviation Minister secured an Air Transport Licence which did not pass through normal security clearance of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)! Following a civil litigation which challenged the propriety, necessity and desperation of the Minister, his autocratic order of December 2022 as take-off month had to be cancelled in conformity to an earlier judgment in November which ordered all parties to maintain status quo till 16th January 2023!  According to AON, the new contract favored Ethiopian Airlines which would own dominant shares in the deal to the detriment of indigenous operators who have vehemently rejected the unscrupulous contract as unacceptable!

WILL AIRLINE OPERATORS  SUCCEED TO BLOCK THE AVIATION MINISTER AT THE COURTS?

We have it on good authority that on 15th and 24th November 2022 respectively, a Federal High Court in Lagos

1. Granted the plaintiffs an interim injunction restraining the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines from proceeding with the establishment of Nigeria Air Limited and

2. Stopped the establishment of the proposed national carrier - Nigeria Air by the Federal Government. 

The Judge re-ordered the Federal Government and domestic airlines which petitioned the courts to maintain status quo in their suit relating to the establishment of the new airline, until February 2023.

He made the order pending the determination of the suit filed by Registered Trustees of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), and five others in the Aviation Industry.  The Court was informed that the project lacked transparency on funding and also zero consideration for local operators and national interest because the new Nigeria Air has USD$250 million dollars startup budget of which the Federal Government would only contribute USD$12.5 million dollars in line with its 5% share in the proposed new home-based carrier. And whereas no concrete statement was made in respect of who possessed the balance bulk shares!

Would the 95% be shared between Hadi Sirika and Ethiopian Airline (ET)?

NIGERIA AIR WILL FLY BEFORE MAY 29 ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!

In spite of all the controversies, litigations suspicions, allegations etc, Hadi Sirika still boasted that the Nigeria Air aircraft would be in the air before 29th May 2023 departure date of himself and his boss!

He made the disclosure “sub judice” at a National Aviation Stakeholders Forum 2023 in Abuja on Thursday 23rd March 2023 in spite of the fact that all matters relating to the project were still in court under litigation!

According to him, negotiations and meetings with Ethiopian Airlines Group Consortium and the Federal Government were ongoing, and that the Federal Executive Council (FEC), approval of the full business case was being sought. 

He also disclosed that operation of local and international flights would commence before 29th May 2023, in spite of the fact that the Federal Ministry of Aviation could not deploy every necessary step to vacate the order which has stopped the ongoing project towards the establishment of the national airline since November 2022.

THE ROLE OF ABUJA- BASED TRANSACTION ADVISOR HAND-PICKED BY AVIATION MINISTER!

An Abuja-based Transaction Adviser on the new national airline, one Tillman Gabriel who was allegedly linked to Hadi Sirika, had, in an advertorial made the following statements to the public in respect of the Nigeria Air transaction:

"..... Following a transparent bidding and decision process managed under the private-public partnership (PPP), Federal Government has issued a clear ownership structure including the leading African Airline with a secured startup budget which gives Nigeria Air a solid financial foundation."

IN SPITE OF HADI SIRIKA'S OBSESSION, CAN A DEBT-RIDDEN NIGERIA AFFORD THE LUXURY OF A NEW AIRLINE IN THE TWILIGHT OF BUHARI'S EXIT FROM OFFICE? HIS PREDECESSORS IN OFFICE: ‘FEMI FANI-KAYODE AND STELLA ODUAH ARE STILL IN COURT TO PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE IN CASES OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION FILED AGAINST THEM BY THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)!

The answer is NO! But there's one thing you can't take away from Hadi Sirika, he is an addicted pilot who will always love to fly with the KITES in the air. 

Flying is the only language he understands, his hobby and only pastime! He studied and became a professional pilot early in life! His soul is totally sold to the addiction and Politics is just by the way!

However our advice to him is to leave the poor taxpayers of this nation alone and not involve them in his antics! Nigeria is bigger ONE ADDICTED FLIER!

His predecessors in office: ‘Femi Fani Kayode and Stella Oduah are still in court to prove their innocence in cases of official corruption filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)!

 [WATCH OUT FOR A NIGERIAN PRIME MINISTER – NOT A PRESIDENT IN 2023!]

 

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