They warned that a shutdown would impact financial institutions, disrupt millions of livelihoods, and potentially worsen insecurity across the country.
The AON called on MEMAN to intervene and ensure that jet fuel prices are adjusted in line with international market realities, insisting that airlines can no longer sustain purchases at current rates.
“Accordingly, we hereby give notice that if this trend persists, all airlines in Nigeria will be compelled to suspend operations effective Monday, April 20, 2026. This serves as our final appeal,” the letter stated.
Top government officials, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Minister of Aviation, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, and the Department of State Services, were copied in the letter.
The development raises fresh concerns about the stability of Nigeria’s aviation sector, as stakeholders await the responses of fuel marketers and government authorities in the coming days.
