Keyamo Critiques Atiku Over Nigeria Airways Liquidation

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, criticized former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar regarding the liquidation of Nigeria Airways in September 2004. Keyamo accused Atiku's administration of failing to pay pensions and gratuities to the airline's former workers, which he claimed amounted to billions of naira.

This criticism followed Atiku's call for Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards as a means for peaceful electoral change. Keyamo stated that the current Tinubu administration has started addressing the outstanding liabilities, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approving N36 billion to settle benefits owed to the former workers.

Keyamo noted that some beneficiaries have begun receiving payment alerts and that the workers' union recognized Tinubu with an award for his intervention. He also accused Atiku of hypocrisy for taking credit for the achievements of the Obasanjo administration while distancing himself from its controversial decisions.