The Federal Government and the Federative Republic of Brazil have revived the Bilateral Air Service Agreement arrangement between Nigeria and Brazil, which had stalled years ago.
The countries have immediately set up a technical working group tasked with harmonising the BASA for signature within the coming weeks.
This was made public through a statement signed by Tunde Moshood, the media aide to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday.
Discussions on the BASA arrangement had hit a brick wall years ago over bureaucratic bottlenecks between the two countries. Following the renewed commitment of the countries, the arrangement has, however, been sealed with a mandate to strengthen the countries’ relationship and foster connectivity between Africa and South America.
The BASA arrangement would also lead to direct flight services between the two countries. The PUNCH gathered that Keyamo had met with Silvio Costa Filho, the Minister of Ports and Airports of the Federative Republic of Brazil, at the ministry’s headquarters in Brasília to revive the deal.
The statement hinted that the meeting marked a renewed commitment by both countries to finalize the BASA arrangement.
