FG Okays N92.123bn Contract for Abuja Airport’s Second Runway Project

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 
The federal government has approved  N92,123,175,305.77 for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new terminal building at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, made this known to newsmen on Wednesday after the weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided in by President Buhari at the State House, Abuja.
According to Sirika, the contract will be spread over a number of works to be carried out at the airport within one year.

On how government hopes to raise fund to execute the project, the minister said the administration would use same pattern it had used in the past to source for resources for all of its other projects across sectors to achieve the new task.

President Buhari had, while inaugurating the new terminal building at the MMIA in Lagos on Tuesday, instructed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, to source for funds for the second runway project for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
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