The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the builder and operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport domestic terminal, known as MMA2, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has expressed disappointment over the underutilisation of the airport facility due to the refusal of concerned authorities to use the terminal for both domestic and regional operations. At its conception […]
Industry experts in this report discuss the best model of concession for Nigeria. The federal government has decided to concession the terminal facilities at four major airports in the country, despite the misgivings and protests by labour. The airports include the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Aminu […]
Aviation industry experts still insist that if government must concession the airports, it must ensure there is legal framework and due process. Recently Aviation Round Table (ART), a think-tank group of industry experts, held a webinar conference on airport concession and sounded a note of warning to the federal government, insisting that for the effort […]
Last week industry think-tank group, Aviation Round Table (ART) held a conference on concession and the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the builder and operator of domestic terminal at the Lagos airport, MMA2, Dr. Wale Babalakin, reeled out his experience as concessionaire and made recommendations on how concession of airport facilities could work […]
Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, Chairman, The Resort Group, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), and others have identified the major problems militating against private investment in Nigeria as inadequate education among government officials about the issues involved in Public-Private Partnership (PPP), lack of legal framework, inconsistent government policies and failure to honour […]
