After Sacking 5 Aviation Heads, FG Discloses New Plan For Nigeria’s International Airports
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has said there is backing down on the plans to concession the international airports
He said he proposed both to President Tinubu and the National Assembly
Keyamo’s statement came as President Tinubu announced the sack of all heads of agencies of the aviation ministry
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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, said he would not stop on a plan to concession the five international airports.
The international airports include Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu.
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Keyamo writes Tinubu to concession airports
Keyamo revealed this during a budget presentation to the Joint Committee on Aviation Technology, saying he has taken the concession plans to the National Assembly.
He said he had told the lawmakers about the non-transparent manner in which the previous concessions were made, and that concession is the only way to go to the airports.
The Guardian reports that the erstwhile aviation minister, Hadi Sirika, faced resistance from aviation workers when he proposed similar plans.
Keyamo disclosed at the budget presentation that he wrote a memo to President Bola Tinubu on the concession of the five airports.
He said that the performance of the 2023 budget is at 40% based on the release so far.
According to him, about N63 billion has been appropriated for the aviation ministry and its agencies.
He revealed that essential projects such as the Abuja second runway and facelift and rehabilitation of the old terminal building of the Lagos airport are critical projects that needed urgent attention.
FG sacks heads of aviation agencies
Keyamo’s statements come as President Tinubu sacked all the heads of the ministry’s agencies and announced replacements.
This was disclosed in a statement by the presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale on Wednesday, December 13, 2023,
The president also removed the Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Tayib Adetunj, to be replaced by Engr. Umar Ahmed Farouk.
In addition, the president approved the removal of Director-General of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Engr. Akinola Olateru.
Olateru is to be replaced by Alex Badeh Jr. as the substantive Director-General.
No more flight delays: Keyamo sends a strong message to Air Peace, and others over cancelled flights
Legit.ng reported that By January 2024, aviation regulators will start forcing airlines to reimburse customers for cancelled or delayed flights, Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo has reported.
The minister made this known at the National Assembly Joint Committee on Aviation to defend his ministry's budget for the 2024 fiscal year, according to a PremiumTimes report.
The minister's decision is on the back of a report that over 50% of the domestic flights in the country were delayed in the first quarter of the year, according to data presented by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
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