The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday, said that until the forth quarter of 2021 or perhaps the first quarter of 2022, the aviation sector would continue to record sharp decline in passengers which was directly proportional to the revenue generated. This, the minister attributed to the effect of COVID-19 pandemic which had dwindled revenue generation of the industry. Sirika said this during an interactive session in Abuja with the Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning. “So we are in a difficult and challenging times and we do not have solutions to it even as advanced countries are spending huge amounts of money to support civil aviation businesses. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the BASA is a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement for aviation development which could be utilised by college of aviation technology, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) among others.

Source: The Guardian August 24, 2020 17:03 UTC