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Nigeria will benefit from the SAATM- Minister

The minister of state for Aviation has defended Nigeria's membership of the Single African Air Transport Market, even as some players in the industry had kicked against the move as they believed it will lead to capital flight especially as Nigeria does not have any good Airline currently.
According to the minister, the government has set in motion to create a robust carrier that would take advantage of this SAATM for the benefit of the Nigerian people. 

 Nigeria is among the first 11 countries that went to Yamousoukro and took a decision to liberalise the sector and open the sky for Africa

 In his opinion, the new carrier will help Nigeria to benefit fully from the implementation of the provisions of the SAATM. This he believes will mean more development in the sector, more jobs, more security and more connectivity. 
He blamed the managers of the few private carriers in the country for not being able to build the required capacity to tap into the benefits of the open sky agreement.

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