Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Sunday, revealed that the federal government released only N3 billion for the Nigeria Air project in the last seven years. This is even as he declared that the country did not pay a dime for the chartered Ethiopian Aircraft showcased a few days before the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Reacting to the allegation that the Aviation Ministry under him spent N85 billion on the Nigeria Air project, the former Minister said:“From 2016 to 2023, all of the money voted and budgeted for Nigeria Air is N5 billion. But all that was released was in the neighborhood of N3 billion, not N85 billion, and not all of the N3 billion has been expended as of the time I left office. Sirika also disclosed that a member of the House of Representatives demanded bribe from him on the Nigeria Air project.

Source: Ethiopian News June 12, 2023 01:15 UTC