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Published 7 February 2021
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Seven Star Global Hangar, Mr Isaac Balami, who is also President of the Association of Aircraft Maintenance Organisation of Nigeria, speaks to JOSEPH OLAOLUWA on some of the issues affecting aircraft maintenance in the aviation industry
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issue of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul has continued to drag on in Nigeria; a lot of airlines have complained of the cost of maintaining an airline in the country. How can we address this issue as a nation?
It pains me so much to see over a $1bn wasted on capital flights every year in the region. This includes the military, paramilitary, scheduled and cargo airlines. We are depriving ourselves the opportunity to grow and also our youths are jobless. We export our jobs everywhere when we have competent hands in-house that can do these things. The enabling environment is what is lacking.