Government approves rehabilitation of six airports’ terminal building

Government approves rehabilitation of six airports’ terminal building

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved 12.8 billion Naira for the construction of a new terminal building at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.

The Minister of Information and Communications, Mr Labaran Maku, stated this while briefing reporters in Abuja after the weekly FEC meeting presided over by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.

He said that another 9.5 billion Naira was also approved by the Council for the refurbishing and renewing of airside and terminal building facility at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja.

Sustaining development

Maku said that the approval of the projects were in line with the Federal Government’s bid to ensure the sustenance of the development of civil aviation in the country.

He said that the government had mapped out plans to upgrade the civil aviation infrastructure including the remodelling as well as the construction of modern airport terminal buildings at the nation’s airports.

The minister noted that the infrastructure at MAKIA, particularly the terminal building, had become obsolete with decayed facilities as a result of age, while equipment and facilities at Abuja airport had outlived their designed lifespan of 20 years, as the airport was built 28 years ago.

“The new structure at the airport will be of international standard and this contract will be the first in the phase of this renewal programme,” he said

Maku explained that the first part of the phased airport infrastructural upgrade would cover the six major International airports including, Murtala Muhammed International Airport,  Lagos, the NAIA Abuja, MAKIA Kano, Port Harcourt International Airport, AIIA Enugu and MEIA Calabar.

NAN/ Qasim