FEC Approves N92.123bn to Construct Abuja Airport Second Runway Project
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, approved a total of N92, 123,175,305.77 for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The approval came 24 hours after the inauguration of the new terminal building at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual FEC meeting, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Sirika explained that the entire sum would be spread over a number of works to be carried out at the airport, over a period of 12 months.
Recall, that President Buhari, had, while inaugurating the new terminal building at the MMAI in Lagos on Tuesday, directed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, to source funding for the second runway project for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
When asked by State House Correspondents as to how the government hopes to raise funding for the project, the minister said the administration would use same pattern it had used to raise funding for all of its other projects across sectors to deliver the runway in 12 months.
