Yakubu Pam, executive secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, said a licence for a direct flight from Nigeria to Tel-Aviv, Israel, had been awarded to an indigenous Nigerian airline for transporting Nigerians and other nationals.
He said the operation would begin by March.
He disclosed this in Yenagoa, during the 17th biennial conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, at the Ecumenical Centre, Yenagoa.
He stated that since his assumption of duty in 2020, he was able to conceptualise the idea of having a direct flight from Nigeria to the State of Israel, and that dream would come to fruition by March.
He said having a direct flight to Israel would help to boost Nigeria’s bilateral relations with the State of Israel.
This was explained in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by Celestine Toruka, the spokesperson for NCPC.
Mr Pam further explained that the NCPC establishment Act of 2007 gave the commission the sole mandate to coordinate and supervise the movement of…
