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Nigerian govt approves N721 million for airport maintenance

The Nigerian Ministry of Aviation on Wednesday got the approval of N721 million for the award of a contract for the maintenance of the Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano State, North-West of the country.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this to Journalists at the end of the cabinet meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“It is a contract that was awarded for airport maintenance and technical support at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport in Kano and it will be for a period of 12 months and the sum of the contract is N721,266, 733. 64 and the memorandum was approved,” he said.

Giving an update on the introduction of a national carrier for the country, the Minister said all arrangements have been concluded and the carrier will soon commence services.

“Nigeria Air will soon start flying. We have got the aircraft ready, they have been painted in their colours and we have all that we should do we are now at stage five, which is Air Operator Certificate (AOC) issuance by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and once that is done, the airline will begin to fly,” the Minister explained. (VON)

Felix Oloyede

Felix Oloyede is a Mass Communication graduate with 19 years experience in journalism. He has worked with TheWeek Magazine; Mirror Newspapers; West Africa BusinessNews and BusinessHallmark Newspaper. Oloyede has covered different news beats ranging from crime; arts; politics; commerce and industries to finance and economy. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School. He is an alumnus of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa. He has also attended different trainings on Media Communication at the Lagos Business School.

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