ExecuJet’s aircraft that conveyed Nigerian artiste Naira Marley, others over the weekend to perform at a concert in Abuja despite a ban on interstate travel has been suspended for violating social distancing rules aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his Twitter handle.
This was disclosed by the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his Twitter handle.
He said, “Ministry of Aviation has suspended operations of the ExecuJet indefinitely for providing false information to convey Naira Markey to Abuja for a concert.
“The flight was initially approved to convey a service Justice from Lagos to Abuja.”
The Ministry of Aviation has suspended operations of the ExecuJet indefinitely for providing false information to convey Naira Marley to Abuja for a concert. The flight was initially approved to convey a service Justice from Lagos to Abuja, Aviation Minister @hadisirika has said.
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) June 15, 2020
According to Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 disclosed that the flight which took the singer to Abuja from Lagos was approved for a different purpose.
He said the flight was to convey a judge from Lagos to Abuja and back on official assignment and that the flight operator violated approval.
The minister said the operations of the flight company have been suspended indefinitely and would also be fined.
He added that the flight captain will also be sanctioned for providing false information.
“Going forward we will escalate the mechanisms we have in place, and we will be stricter in our approvals (and enforcement),” he said.
Meanwhile, HSENations reports that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to sixteen thousand and six hundred and fifty-eight (16,658) with five thousand, three hundred and forty-nine (5,349) people discharged and four hundred and twenty-four (424) deaths recorded so far.
