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Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Ministry of Aviation to speed up all processes and projects relating to the safety and security of Nigeria's air transport system.
The President in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, further directed that counterpart funding for the upgrading of the international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu, should be captured in the 2016 budget.
‘‘I am concerned about the enormous debt profile in the aviation sector. The Federal Government has to do something quickly because safety, security and international respectability are involved here," he said.
"Our airports are the windows through which people see our country. Anybody coming into the country will likely come through the airports.
"If we cannot secure and maintain our infrastructure, it will reflect very badly on us,’’ President Buhari said after receiving a briefing from the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Binta Bello reported that the five new International Airport Terminal Buildings were designed to meet the best international standards.
The President in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, further directed that counterpart funding for the upgrading of the international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu, should be captured in the 2016 budget.
‘‘I am concerned about the enormous debt profile in the aviation sector. The Federal Government has to do something quickly because safety, security and international respectability are involved here," he said.
"Our airports are the windows through which people see our country. Anybody coming into the country will likely come through the airports.
"If we cannot secure and maintain our infrastructure, it will reflect very badly on us,’’ President Buhari said after receiving a briefing from the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Binta Bello reported that the five new International Airport Terminal Buildings were designed to meet the best international standards.