Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said rehabilitation of the Abuja Airport runway would be delivered within six weeks.
Amaechi, in a statement in Abuja yesterday, acknowledged the pains, which the closure of the Airport would cause the economy.He stated that the Federal Government would ensure the reopening in six weeks as proposed.
He also said that the government was committed to developing maritime, particularly in the North Central of the country.
Amaechi added that the Baro River Port would be inaugurated by the first quarter of 2018.
On the Lokoja port, the minister said he had directed the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, to terminate the contract and get a new contractor to complete the project.
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