Senate moves to end scarcity of aviation fuel

Members of the Senate Committee on Aviation yesterday met with stakeholders in the country’s aviation industry over the scarcity of aviation fuel and other challenges facing the industry.
Chairman of the committee, Senator Adamu Aliero,  told  newsmen at the end of the meeting held at the National Assembly, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, would be invited to find a lasting solution to the scarcity.

He said even though Nigeria was an oil producing country, foreign airlines were now purchasing aviation fuel from neighbouring countries. He said for the aviation industry to flourish, there was the need to unbundle the sector. 
Aliero assured that the National Assembly would amend relevant laws needed for the unbundling of the industry. 
“As regards repatriation of funds, it is more of a constitutional problem. We will look at ways of fine-tuning the constitution to make it possible for airlines to remit funds owed government. 
“There is also the need to unbundle the aviation sector. We are of the opinion that if this is done, the operations of the sector will be liberalised and that will go a long way to boost revenue generation,” he said. 
The Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, also supported the unbundling of the sector, saying the challenges of the sector made it imperative. 
Na’Allah, who is also the vice chairman of the aviation committee, said,” If what we have tried in the past has not worked, it is now time to re-evaluate our policies. We must change our way of doing things; we have to at this point because we have no option, so that we can move the industry forward.”

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