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The House of Representatives yesterday said the Nigeria Air Project was a fraud and demanded its immediate suspension. The lawmakers expressed thier displeasure at the way the former aviation minister Hadi Sirika handled the project. the house advised the Federal Ministry of aviation with its agency, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to designate some Nigerian indigenous airlines as flag carriers to take advantage of Bilateral Air Services Agreement that Nigeria entered into, pending when a viable national carrier will come on board. Managing Director of NIgeira Airspace Management Agency, Mohammed oduwowo told lawmakers that the plane that was used for the unveiling was a chartered flight which returned to base two days later. he also said that the plane had Ethiopian registration and was chartered by Ethiopian Airlines to NAMA.