The Federal Government of Nigeria has plans to
concession the management of the Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano
airports to private investors.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi
Amaechi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos during a fact-finding
tour of facilities and agencies at the Murtala Muhammed Airport.
He was accompanied by the Minister of
State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Director-General, Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority, Muhtar Usman; Managing Director of the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma; and the Nigerian Airspace
Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam; as well as the Director-General,
Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, among others.
The minister said, “The new terminal in
Lagos will generate additional 15 million passengers annually, making a
total of 30 million passengers yearly nationwide. The medium and
long-term plans will require significant investments to upgrade and
expand infrastructure to meet current and future requirements.
“As a result of limited resources for
capital project development, the government is exploring the possibility
of private sector participation towards the realisation of the
industries’ potential.”
Amaechi stated that there was an urgent
need to continue to improve on infrastructure, noting that out of the
four conveyor belts in the Lagos airport, two had broken down.
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