The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has assured Nigerians that the nation does not currently have any Boeing 737 Max on its register.
The minister who gave the assurance in a press statement, issued on Tuesday in Abuja through the deputy director, Media and Public Affairs, James Odaudu, said the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) the regulator in Nigeria has issued the necessary advisory as it relates to the country.
Sirika said aviation is one the world over and that any accident anywhere is a tragedy to the global aviation industry.
He said Nigeria identifies and commiserates with the Ethiopian aviation authorities, those who have lost loved ones, including two distinguished Nigerians in their moment of grief.
“As we continue to mourn the ET crash in Addis, and pray for the victims, we wish to reassure Nigerians that we do not have any Boeing 737 Max on Nigeria’s register to worry about,” he said
Praying for the repose of the souls of the victims of the air mishap, Sirika assured the Nigerian flying public of the unalloyed commitment of the Buhari administration to the creation of an environment that guarantees their safety and security in air transportation.
