AKANU IBIAM AIRPORT, ENUGU TO BE READY BEFORE EASTER.

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The Honourable Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has stated that the Enugu airport runway will be completed before the celebration of Easter and the airport will be reopened for operations.Senator Sirika made the disclosure today January 2, 2020 while on an inspection visit to the airport.

 

He noted that because of the strategic importance of this airport to the South-Eastern region, the Federal Government carefully contracted the  project to a reputable construction company (Messrs PW Ltd) and that the contractor has given assurance that the project will be completed before Easter.

 

In a statement endorsed by Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.), General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the authority saying that the new international terminal being constructed at the airport will also be completed before the end of the year, Senator Sirika noted that Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Air Field Lightning (AFL), Taxi lights and other key deliverables are also parts of the project.

The Honourable Minister was accompanied on the visit by the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Lolo Cecelia Ezeilo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr Musa Hassan, the Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji and Nigeria’s representative to ICAO, Engr Ben Tukur.

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