Following the completion of the repairs of the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the ongoing facelift of the terminal of t
Following the completion of the repairs of the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the ongoing facelift of the terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Government plans fresh re-modelling of all airport terminals in the country.
After the completion of the Lagos, Port Harcourt and Enugu airport terminals’ facelift, the next in line would be the re-modelling of terminals in all the 22 airports across the country. Areas expected to be fixed are chillers, travellators and escalators, conveyor belts that are out of use, check-in counters and toilets, among others.
It was gathered that engineers had already been mobilised to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu to commence work on the terminal, while two terminals were being constructed at the Port Harcourt International Airport; one by the immediate past government and another one to cater to the needs of passengers presently being attended to under a tent.
The Federal Government, through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, recently commenced the refurbishment of the MMIA, Lagos after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo visited the airport some weeks ago and complained about the state of its facilities. In the 2017 appropriation bill, the Federal Government sets aside over N31bn for the construction and repair of federal airports across the nation.
The former Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, had invested massively in the re-modelling of airport terminals across the country before she left office. However, her successor, Mr. Osita Chidoka, in 2014, stopped the re-modelling projects, saying that the resources of the ministry should be channeled towards boosting safety and security of airports rather than re-modelling them.
Punch
