The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo,
has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to make foreign exchange available for
investors in the country’s aviation sector.
Keyamo disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 7th
edition of Aviation Summit.
According to Keyamo, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s
government would focus on critical challenges facing the industry, including
Forex availability, Aircraft Leasing Company, Aircraft Maintenance Organisation
and tax holidays, to improve aviation business in Nigeria.
He noted that the government is working towards ending the
crisis of foreign airlines’ trapped funds, which had lingered for almost two
years.
“The current administration is aware that one of the
setbacks entrepreneurs have suffered in Nigeria in recent years is the
fluctuation of foreign exchange and its availability.
“This administration is committed to ensuring that forex is
readily available to entrepreneurs, and I have directed that the Central Bank
of Nigeria (CBN) holds quarterly reconciliation meetings intending to resolve
this issue,” he said.
As of the beginning of June this year, the International Air
Transport Association said the total amount of foreign airlines’ trapped funds
in Nigeria had risen to $812 million.
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