The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Air Ambulance service has resumed operations after successful routine maintenance and completion of all civil aviation requirements.
The agency said this in a statement signed by the Head, Press Unit, NEMA, Manzo Ezekiel, in Abuja.
He stated that an official inaugural return flight was held, with Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq, and the Director-General of the agency conveyed from Abuja to Dutse on an official engagement.
He said that NEMA introduced its first air ambulance for emergency healthcare in 2014.
He added that the aeroplane, which was launched at the Trauma Centre, National Hospital, Abuja, was for quick transportation of patients with emergency cases.
