In the last two weeks, there were several reports about the alleged planned concession of Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu for 80 years to a faceless company not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). THISDAY carried out its investigations and found out that most of the reports were based on assumptions and propaganda, […]
The Enugu State Caucus in the House of Representatives has thrown its weight behind the federal government’s plan for the Akanu Ibiam International Airport Concession, describing it as a potential catalyst for the South East economy. The caucus commended the federal government for the initiative and urged it to hasten the concession process to enable […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have identified political uncertainty, policy summersault and high cost implication as barriers to the planned concession of major airports in the country. They dismissed the idea that concessioning Nigerian airports would be the solution to the perennial problem of poor and obsolete infrastructure and insisted that the facilities were not attractive enough […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has reiterated his full support on the war against touting and extortion at Nigeria’s airports and promises maximum punishment for anyone caught in the act. Keyamo who assured that the Tinubu administration would concession the major airport in a very transplant and efficient manner, made this […]
Nigerians are inundated with several plans by the federal government to concession the country’s airports and bring the private sector to invest in infrastructural development of airport facilities. This has been a sing-song for years but at the end of the day nothing is being achieved and the status quo remains. The former Minister of […]
