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Buhari I + IIMinister of Aviation & Aerospace Development· November 2015 — May 2023

Capt. Hadi Sirika

Architected the Nigeria Air national-carrier project. EFCC charges filed 2024.

The record

Hadi Sirika (b. 1964, Katsina) was Minister of State for Aviation 2015–2019 and substantive Minister 2019–2023.

The 'Nigeria Air' national-carrier project — unveiled in a livery reveal at Abuja Airport on 26 May 2023, three days before the administration ended — was investigated by the House of Representatives. In December 2024 the EFCC arraigned Sirika on charges relating to the project's procurement.

Sources

  • House of Representatives — Report on Nigeria Air, August 2023
  • EFCC — Charge sheet FHC/ABJ/CR/618/2024
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.