The Federal Government has budgeted the sum of N1billion for the construction of new terminal building at Enugu Airport.
The government also budgeted that it would expend at least another N390million for the completion of new headquarters for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Abuja.
These were contained in the 2019 budgeted submitted by the Federal Government to the National Assembly last December.
According to the document, the sum would be expended on the construction of new terminal building alone.
It would be recalled that Enugu Airport was in the news for most part of 2018, following the inability of FAAN to install the Instrument Landing System (ILS) procured for the airport.
The Federal Government has announced it will demolish more structures to give way for full internationalisation of Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu.
The government had said that for the new ILS to be installed, it would need to demolish more structures to give way for full internationalisation of Akanu Ibiam Airport in Enugu.
Senator Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, had disclosed this after a facility inspection around the airport.
Sirika said the Federal Government had released N1.7billion for construction work to continue at the international wing of the airport, noting that more money would be made available when the 2018 budgetary provision was released for completion of work.
But, the project, which was marked “ongoing” in the 2019 budget proposal to the National Assembly was also included in the 2019 budget.
