Wednesday, 25 October 2017

No need for second airport in Abuja –Sirika



  

    Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, recently said the construction of second runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) was more viable than building of another airport in Abuja.

  Responding to questions during a public hearing on the $5.5bn foreign loan request of the Federal Government organized by the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, he said the country don’t have money to build a new airport in Abuja.
      Chairman of the committee, Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna) had questioned the rationale behind the decision of the Federal Government to construct a second runway at NAIA.  Sani said: “We are looking for money to build a new runway in NAIA. How much do we need to build a new airport in Abuja?” Sirika while responding said: “An airport is not only about a runway. It requires a lot of infrastructure and tremendous amount of money.”

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