Minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, says the first Nigeria International Air Show slated for Abuja next week would attract direct foreign investments to the country.
The minister, who stated this when he inspected the venue and preparedness of the event yesterday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), said the target of the airshow was to expose opportunities available in Nigeria to the world and seek investment from participants.
He stated that the show would kick off on Tuesday and run through to Thursday with various events lined up every day, including an air display by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on the first day and on the last day.
He said, “We are all here to see just how prepared we are to kick off and I can say we are satisfied that we are within time.
“We will have a wonderful display in the skies for everybody to see. We decided to do this in order to showcase Nigeria to the world.”
He explained that air shows around the world are opportunities for host countries to showcase what their aviation ecosystem has to offer the world.
“You know of the very, very popular Farnborough Airshow that holds annually or every two years in the UK. You have the Paris Airshow that has been on for decades and of course you have the Dubai Airshow.
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