Long overdue: Nigerian government to upgrade facilities at airports

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, on Friday said the Federal Government plans to spend huge sum of money on infrastructure upgrade at airports across the country.

Sirika, who made this known during the opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton, at the Lagos airport, disclosed that the Federal Government would also go ahead with the concession of major international airports in the country.

He said, “The Federal Government would spend huge sum of money in improving infrastructure at the airports especially the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. I will like to say that within few months, in the first quarter of next year, A380 aircraft would be landing in Nigeria. We have facilities to receive such an airplane. This year before the end of this October, we would be opening the terminal in Port Harcourt which is ready even to the apron operations. We will also be opening the terminal in Abuja. They would be ready for operations.”