FG Announces Five Airports Set for Concession
The Federal Government has announced that five Nigeria Airports are set for concession.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, state this while receiving the Regional Vice President Africa and Middle east of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
He said the five International Airports for concession included Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Murtala Muhammed International airport, Lagos, Port Harcourt International airport, Aminu Kano International Airport, and Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu.
Mr. Keyamo thanked the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for indicating interest to offer advisory role to Nigeria and for coming in at a crucial time the concessions was about to take off.
The Minister said the level of infrastructure decay within the aviation industry called for urgent action.
He said going by the geographical location, Nigeria remained the aviation hub for Africa and the world at large.
Kamil Awdhi, Regional Vice President Africa and Middle East-International Air Transport Association stated that the essence of the visit was to make their interest known that they were willing to offer advisory role to Nigeria in the concession process.
He said Nigeria was a big market that no investor could afford to look away and promised that IATA as an Advisor had no financial cost to Nigeria.
SANDRA UDEIKE
