The concessioning of the nation’s four international airports by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari has been suspended by the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.
Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, said that complaints and lawsuits had forced the suspension of former minister Hadi Sirika’s process.
He made this claim over the weekend while inspecting the facilities at the E-Wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos.
Keyamo claimed that President Bola Tinubu had given the ministry permission to concession all international airports in the nation through new bids.
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano; and Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa are the airports to be concessioned, according to LEADERSHIP Sunday.
Nonetheless, the minister declared that the world’s best airports will be granted concessions over the international airports.
The process that was done before, maybe you asked that there was a process before we came into office. We halted that process because there were complaints.
According to him, the E-Wing’s upgrades are intended to enhance customer happiness and raise public awareness of the government’s zero-tolerance policy for extortion, touting, and harassment.
TimesNow.com.ng reported that the construction work for Gusau International Airport, Zamfara state, officially commenced on Thursday, June 20, 2044.
Dauda Lawal, the governor of Zamfara state, said the new airport is designed to accommodate domestic and international flights.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at the airport site on Kaura Namoda Road, Gusau, the governor said the airport will be smart and equipped with modern facilities.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
