Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The House of Representatives has expressed concerns over the steep increase in domestic airfares, describing the surge as exploitative and capable of preventing millions of Nigerians from travelling home during the Christmas season.

Presenting a motion of urgent public importance during Thursday's plenary, Obinna Aguocha (LP, Abia State) said domestic air travel had become "prohibitively expensive," shutting out families and undermining the country's cultural tradition of festive-season reunion.

The debate came barely 48 hours after the Senate summoned the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, alongside the heads of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigeria Civil Aviati...