North-East Governors’ Forum raises ₦10.8 billion to launch regional airline
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- The North-East Governors’ Forum announced that it has secured ₦10.8 billion in counterpart funding to launch a regional air shuttle, a detail disclosed by Babagana Zulum, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Borno State, at the forum’s 10th meeting in Maiduguri.
- The forum said the remaining counterpart funds will be transferred before the end of the month to enable an immediate rollout of flight operations and that the new carrier, named North East Air Shuttle, will improve connectivity within the sub‑region.
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