Nigeria Airways pension payments stalled by FEC in 2006 — Fani-Kayode

By Dickson Omobola
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said members of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, rejected a proposal to pay pensioners of the defunct Nigeria Airways in 2006, prolonging their wait for their entitlements.
Fani-Kayode, now Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, said he submitted the memo after a committee chaired by the then Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed, recommended the release of funds to settle the pensioners.
He said the proposal was opposed by some cabinet members who blamed former boards and management teams of the national carrier for its collapse.
Fani-Kayode spoke in response to a statement by the M...