“We are not afraid to be shut. It would make us do much better. It would make our schools and hospitals do better.”
The project was completed 10 years after its conception during Mr Fayemi’s first administration in 2012.
The Ethiopian government says it hopes the partnership “will open new vistas for partnership in other areas – political and economic.”
Mr Sirika said ET scored 89 per cent out of 100 as regards the technical bid and 15 out 20 as regards financial bid.
The warning comes just a week after the Central Bank released $265 million of foreign airlines’ trapped funds.
In a statement on Monday, the airline disclosed that the operations shutdown will be effective from Wednesday July 20, 2022.
“I pray you get the ticket if I dont get it, because, you are eminently qualified to be President of Nigeria,” Mr Umahi said to the senate president during a visit on Saturday.
Aviation fuel will be sold at the rate of N480 per litre to airline operators for the next three months.
The planned shutdown is due to an increase in aviation fuel price from N190 to N700 per litre.
The airlines said they have been subsidising their services in the last four months, so their customers can afford the fare.
