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| Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the spot assessment at Abuja airport on Friday |
Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo on Friday embarked on a thorough inspection of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, which lasted for over an hour.
The
Punch report continues:
Osinbajo
inspected the runway and taxiways of the airport, its arrival and departure
terminal buildings, as well as the NAIA’s fire station.
He
was taken round the facility by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr Saleh Dunoma, alongside officials of the Federal
Ministry of Transportation.
Osinbajo
told journalists that the runway of the airport was 80% complete, adding
that the facility will be reopened on the scheduled date.
The
Abuja airport was shut down to flight operations on March 8 this year and is
scheduled to be reopened on April 19.
According
to the Federal Government, the closure of the airport would last for six weeks
in order to allow Julius Berger construction company carry out a total
rehabilitation of the facility’s runway and taxiways.
Workers
of the construction firm were seen on site during the inspection of the
facility by the vice president.
However,
the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and the Minister of State for
Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, were not present during the inspection of the
Abuja airport by Osinbajo on Friday.
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