Chief of Air Staff Air (CAS) Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao has increased warnings over the high cost of JET A-1 (Aviation fuel) in the country.
Amao said if not urgently tackled by the government, the development was capable of adversely affecting the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) operations.
Since the anti-terror war commenced, NAF has been conducting air surveillance and bombing of terrorists’ hideouts in troubled parts of the country, especially the Northeast and Northwest.
Amao, who delivered a paper titled “Management of Emerging Air Threat: Implications for strengthening Governance in Nigeria,” said that NAF buys JET A-1 at N950 per litre against N360 appropriated for it in the 2022 budget.
He, however, suggested two ways the Federal Government could intervene to save the situation.
These are the issuance of a license to NAF to directly import aviation fuel and the establishment of a coastal reception depot where trucks could load the product to designated points for NAF jets.
The CAS added that the Air force coordinates with the other security agencies to provide security at the nation’s airports.
