House seeks to intervene over scarcity of aviation fuel

To meet DG, NCAA; GMD, NNPC; AON, marketers

THE HOUSE OF REPRE SENTATIVES LEADER SHIP HAS WADED INTO the prevailing aviation fuel crisis that is almost crippling air travel in the country. During plenary the House decided it would summon Musa Huhu, director-general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA); Mele Kyari, group managing director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC); oil marketers, and Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), for a meeting with Ahmed Idris Wase, the deputy speaker, House of Representatives, as well as the chairmen of committees on aviation, petroleum upstream and downstream, for a meeting on Thursday to to seek for solution to the crisis.

The development was sequel to a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Nnolim Nnaji, chairman, House of Representatives committee on aviation.

The motion was titled, “Urgent Need To Investigate/intervene on the Sudden Scarcity and High Cost Of Aviation Fuel Which Has Created An Existential Threat To Airline Operations And Requires Immediate Intervention By The Federal Government.”

Presenting the motion before the House during the plenary on Wednesday, Nnaji observed that the current crisis in Eastern Europe has created so much global tension and has raised the cost of crude oil to over $125.

He further noted that the situation has been worsened by the fact that, “Nigeria imports Jet-A1, (aviation fuel) used by airlines for their flight operations and it’s astronomical hike can impede on airlines’ services”