Emirates and Etihad Airlines are expected to resume flight
operations in Nigeria immediately.
The development is the result of a meeting between President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Mohamed bin Zayed, president of the United Arab Emirates.
The agreement was reached on Monday in Abu Dhabi, according
to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president, on media and
publicity.
In November 2022, Emirates suspended flight operations to
Nigeria over its inability to repatriate its $85 million revenue trapped in the
country.
The move was the second time the airline halted flights to
the country after it took a similar decision in August last year.
According to the statement, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
also lifted its visa ban imposed on Nigerian travellers at the meeting with
Tinubu.
“Furthermore, by this
historic agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to
immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, without any
further delay,” the statement reads.
“As negotiated between the two heads of state, this
immediate restoration of flight activity, through these two airlines and
between the two countries, does not involve any immediate payment by the
Nigerian government.
The statement added that in recognition of the proposals
presented by Tinubu to his counterpart, an agreed framework has been
established, which would “involve several billions of U.S. dollars worth of new
investments into the Nigerian economy across multiple sectors”, including
defense, agriculture and others, by the investment arms of the government of
the United Arab Emirates.
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