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VENTURES AFRICA – Nigeria says it will sign its first Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Israel, which will enable direct flights from designated airlines to both countries.
The agreement, which will be signed this week during Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan’s pilgrimage to Jersusalem, will ease the stress the country’s Christian pilgrims face while travelling to Israel. Before now, Nigerian pilgrims have had to endure long stopovers in neighbouring countries before being airlifted to the Holy Land.
A statement signed by a media assistant to Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Joe Obi stated that the soon-to-be established partnership was a culmination of rigorous negotiations between the two countries, after previous efforts to enter a BASA partnership with Israel proved abortive.
[VENTURES AFRICA: http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/10/nigeria-commence-direct-flights-israel/]
The agreement, which will be signed this week during Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan’s pilgrimage to Jersusalem, will ease the stress the country’s Christian pilgrims face while travelling to Israel. Before now, Nigerian pilgrims have had to endure long stopovers in neighbouring countries before being airlifted to the Holy Land.
A statement signed by a media assistant to Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Joe Obi stated that the soon-to-be established partnership was a culmination of rigorous negotiations between the two countries, after previous efforts to enter a BASA partnership with Israel proved abortive.
[VENTURES AFRICA: http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/10/nigeria-commence-direct-flights-israel/]
