The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed that the construction of the second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is expected to be completed within the next 12 months.
Also, he said compensation to the affected communities has begun.
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“You know I had to go and meet the FCT minister and get that project off the ground in terms of clearing the obstacles on the way. So as of today, the report I have is the money we paid to FCT for them to pay to the settlers there, they have started paying them and they started moving.
“This is a project Nigerians have been waiting for forever. It has been a controversial project from our Obasanjo time to now. Well, thankfully, this government is set to commence that project and it’s one of the projects that is a low-hanging fruit for us and we think it’s extremely important. You remember the other time when there was a problem with the Abuja runway we all had to go to Kaduna, you know, in a very inconvenient manner, to board our plane.
“So, the second runway for a gateway like Abuja for the capital city is extremely important and I pray that all agencies of government, the National Assembly, the presidency, will give us the support to make sure we deliver that project within 12 months”, Keyamo said.
