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FG To Partner Hungarian Firm On Aircraft Assembly Plant

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The Federal Government has said it is ready to partner with the Magnus aircraft manufacturing industry, a Hungarian to establish an aircraft assembly plant in Nigeria before the end of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known during an inspection visit to the Magnus Aircraft Industry in Pogany, Hungary.


In a statement issued by Mr. James Obudu, Director, Public Affairs of the ministry, the minister explained that the partnership will make it possible for Nigeria to start manufacturing aircrafts.


“If we venture we them, we may start with assembling plant and later manufacturing,” adding that the Hungarian company produces viable military aircrafts.


The Magnus aircraft “has an aerobatic maneuver and is made of fully composite materials; high strength and very lightweight.”


Sirika further expressed his satisfaction with the features and is ready to facilitate aircraft production in Nigeria, saying “One of the significant features of the Magnus aircraft is that it uses normal car petrol and outperforms any training aircraft of its kind.”


The minister also predicted that the assembly plant will further grow the country’s aviation sector.

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