The Federal Government has said that Emirates Airline will soon resume its flight operations in and out of Nigeria as the outcome of its ongoing discussion with the government will be made public within the next 48 hours.
This is coming after a report emerged a few days ago saying that the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had refused to approve the resumption of flight operations to Lagos and Abuja for Emirates Airline due to the insistence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that only the Middle East airline would be allowed to operate to Dubai from Nigeria.
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This disclosure was made by the Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, while speaking at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Covid-19 in Abuja.
Nuhu said, “As regards the issue of Emirates Airline’s resumption of flights to Nigeria, the PSC deliberated extensively on this matter and the gap has been significantly closed between the position of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).”
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What you should know about Emirates Airline flight suspension in Nigeria
It can be recalled that the Federal Government had directed the immediate suspension of outbound flights of Emirates Airline for 72 hours with effect from February 4, until when the needed infrastructure and logistics were put in place for the Rapid Antigen Test (RDT) test by the Nigerian Government.
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This followed accusations against the airline, that it was airlifting passengers from Nigeria using RDT done in laboratories that were not approved by regulatory authorities.
The Federal Government had, in March 2021, banned the airline from operating in the country over its continuous refusal to fly passengers without a pre-boarding rapid diagnostic test (RDTs).
48 hours is obviously over..
What next
Pls sir honorable minister of Aviation help your fellow Nigerian indigines to open flight from Nigeria to UAE, all of us had spent so much money for this travel and the money is about going down the drain help us we are down on our knees in fact some have already wasted pls help us sir
Please what is the latest news on Nigeria Dubai flight Ban is more than 48 hrs now Please I need an update
48 hours has turned to 48 months this is not fair o, those that have resident that has been in nigeria since January will stand the risk of loosing their resident….please you guys should do something about this,
I heard there will resume on 9th july
please what is the update of full operational resumption on Nigeria Dubai Flight
What’s the latest news about this na??
Please sir when is EMIRATES resuming flight from Nigeria ???? or aren’t they resuming throughout this year again.. this is fustrating ???
Please what’s the update right now, Nigeria should allow flight to move from Nigeria to Dubai for God sake what’s going for the past how many weeks, please they should open it this week
Is better they conclude that today
any update on the flight to/from Nigeria?
What is the latest on Dubai flight resumption
Is this a country ,stop wickeding nigerians that base in there
Any update about the flight resumption?
I think Nigeria’s are moving through contouno
You can travel from Cameroon or ghana
That’s stressful
Please sir help your people by opening the airline sir.
Any update about the light?
Any update about the flight resumption?
This people don’t care about we the citizens, because if they do care they will know some people might have used there last kobo to get themselves UAE visa and now we are all stranded here doing nothing and jobless
Please minister of aviation help ur fellow nigerians we are tired of waiting, please you people should help us we that came from poor families
Please minister of aviation help ur fellow nigerians we are tired of waiting, please you people should help us we that came from poor families
Am crying
It is obvious that the country is doing nothing as regards to this issue. we’ve waited for so long pls you people should consider us na???
am about losing my hope. GOD please help us ???
I have lost my visa already, my last hope because that was the last money in my hand that I used to run this visa. My visa expires this month 5th,this country self
So sorry my dear
God will provide another money for u okey
Is the minister for aviation still alive? What is going on in this country self.
Pls sir honorable minister of Aviation help your fellow Nigerian indigines to open flight from Nigeria to UAE, all of us had spent so much money for this travel and the money is about going down the drain help us we are down on our knees in fact some have already wasted pls help us sir… sir we need this to get resolve before this week sir please
What it’s happened in this country this people should resume flight pls sir’s
Now wow ooo
Infact am confused all that i spend on this is gone Where will i start my visa is gone.. pls they should return my ticket money am begging chaii Nija will need God intervention
Please I don’t have money again, help us to resume flight ASAP
HON,MINISTER HELP US I TAKE GOD BEG YOU
Any update about the resumption date
Today is June 1 nothing is coming out yet
I don’t have much to say, but i use heavenly father to beg all our leaders and all people in power. Pls and pls help us to resume UAE flight to Nigeria, we have spent a lot of money on this travel some of us even borrowed money to achieve our arms on this. Pls consider us we are a human being like you people. Remember nothing last for ever, pity us pls for the sake of Almighty God.
For how many months now , Nigeria ministers does care about the citizens at all. They just put us in darkness, leaving the pubic blanked. 48 hours has turn to months now. We Nigerians are losing everything financially, updates should be known out please sir minister?
Leaders of our time knows that Nigerian youths are moving out everyday out of this country to seek for better life and they know that UAE visa was easier for Nigerians to obtain (mostly youths), they disallowed this flight between two nations because our leaders didnt wish us well. We should all know now that they have stopped issuing of international passport to poor Nigerians, I said poor Nigerians because their sons and daughters will get it anytime anyday. Kudos to those that even get money and they get visa buy fortunately they are stranded due to flight issue. As for me, my regret is that I accept money to process UAE visa without knowing that there is negativity concerning Nigeria and UAE and all cash i depend on now is gone. HOPE IS GONE, MAY GOD JUST HAVE MERVY REMAINS NOW. If living in Nigeria as a Nigerian is just %40 better, there will be no high rate of citizens eaving this nation. May God help us!
New information saying there might resume this month or 9th of July…let keep on praying that God should help us…pls sir minister help us and do something..thanks
will have to carry out protest in this man office minister of aviation..
that is the best idea
Please when are they resuming, am tired of this country called Nigeria, please any update about UAE flight
That’s the issue Nigeria and mismanagement so called elites ordinary to resume flights like other African countries zero this country is something else the problem is they doesn’t see it damaging too ridiculous and annoying 48hours now a month plus nawa o
Nawao
Am fucking tired
How many months
Since December
Pls wats the latest news again?Still praying God shld take control on nigeria to dubai travel tour
Oo my God my Visa expired since March 30 and I sold all I have to get it now nothing on me please government do something about the expired Visa
9th July
I heard there will reopen it
No be small thing o
What we have is audio leaders in Nigeria .for how many months now nothing has been done and the worst is no update no news no information concerning this issue
Infact this is frustrated.Nigerian government cant provide us job here,yet we still hustle to move out from the country to survive but we are still facing obstacles.Pls u guys shld do something.Am fed up with dis country wahalInfact this is frustrated.Nigerian government cant provide us job here,yet we still hustle to move out from the country to survive but we are still facing obstacles.Pls u guys shld do something.Am fed up with dis country wahala.
Please help us do something about this too because my junior brother is traveling there and we spent a lot of money please I heard they are reopening it on July 9
I want to travel tru cotonou ?hu will Kum let’s go together ? I can’t pass Tru dat stress alone?
Come I’ll help you, I’m there now
If you are serious in traveling I’ll help you to travel smoothly in cotonou