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Saturday, November 5, 2022
Aviation minister Hadi Sirika, on Thursday in Abuja, stated the development of a second runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport could be accomplished by November 2023.
Mr Sirika disclosed this when he acquired the Nationwide Meeting joint committee (Senate and Home of Representatives) on Aviation on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Worldwide Airport (NAIA), Abuja, for oversight perform.
In line with him, President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime is able to speedily finance the undertaking from the mobilisation stage to the ultimate stage.
Mr Sirika said that the contract was meant for 12 months and that the upkeep could be for an additional 12 months.
“The work has commenced in harness, and it’s our intention to ship the undertaking as quickly as attainable. It’s practicable. Authorities is dedicated to this undertaking and to fund it. We’re right here with the 2 committees of the Nationwide Meeting, the Senate and Home Representatives, with their Chairmen on oversight and significantly on this spot,” the minister defined.
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Abiodun Olujimi, recommended Mr Sirika for his efforts to start out the undertaking. She promised that the NASS would maintain supporting the undertaking towards completion as scheduled.
“Simply because the minister stated, we got here on an oversight go to to the positioning of the second runway. It has been pending for a really very long time. You bear in mind, at a specific time, the airport needed to be shut down as a result of we had just one runway, and it was unhealthy,” said the senator. “So, it’s the initiative of the minister to make sure that the second runway took impact.”
She added, “We’re grateful that we’re right here, and now we have seen that the contractors are mobilised. They’re right here, and they’re working. The minister simply stated that the funding could be accepted continually.”
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