National Carrier: We are on our own!

Strong indications have emerged that the Ministry of Aviation may be grooming new entrants airlines, Hak Air and Medview Airlines to operate as National Carriers, having failed to obtain foreign airlines’ commitment to invest in the project. I'm not surprised, we tried that once and it failed. (Virgin Nigeria)
The initial plan was to engage a foreign airline to invest into the project failed to yield any positive results as all the foreign airlines contacted rebuffed the idea of making financial investment in the country at this time.
The standard practice for setting in most parts of the world is to build up with major local airlines. However, delegation from the ministry had embarked on foreign roadshow with the main objective been to woo foreign airlines to come and set up the local carrier.
The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah failed to show up at the round-off meeting with the foreign airlines, having received indications of a likely rebuff by the airlines.
The foreign airlines said are would not make financial investment in setting up Nigeria’s national carrier, maintaining that it should be handled by local airlines.
One of the foreign airlines stated its position its position in a confidential statement sayin
 “We will not do financial investments in Nigeria at the time being. A Nigerian airline has to develop from inside and not from outside – by a foreign operator.”
Having failed to get foreign firms to invest and operate the national carrier, LEADERSHIP gathered that the Minister of Aviation is now planning to bring in new entrant airlines in which she would have some shares.
It is alleged that the Minister is trying to bring Med Air and Hak Air on board to operate as National Carrier and is meeting with stiff resistance particularly from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) which insists that Hak Air has no Air Operators Certificate (AOC) and cannot be issued with it unless it fulfils all the necessary requirements.
Spokesman for the NCAA said that getting an AOC is mandatory before an airline could be allowed to fly, adding that it is the AOC that shows that an airline has the capability to undertake commercial flight operations.