Nigeria, May 26 -- Nigeria's Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has affirmed that the federal government will not be reinvesting in the contentious national carrier, Nigeria Air, which was suspended shortly after its launch by the previous administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Minister disclosed this in a statement shared on his X page (formerly Twitter) on Sunday in response to an article published by the Vanguard newspaper.

The article detailed the address Mr Keyamo delivered in Lagos on Friday during the launch of a book titled "100 Years of Civil Aviation in Nigeria: History, Issues and Prospects," authored by Wole Shadare.

He explained that rather than investing in the national carrier, the government is open ...