Minister of
State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has said that the relocation of operations
of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Kaduna would cost over N1.1
billion.
Sirika while
briefing the senate on the logistics implication of the relocation said that
the ministry had taken into account relevant agencies that would be deployed to
facilitate the relocation.
Recall last
week, the Senate could not reach a conclusion with the ministry as issues such
as the cost of the relocation could not be answered.
However,
while briefing the lawmakers on Tuesday, Sirika said that the relocation will
gulp N1.134 billion.
Of the
amount, the Nigerian Railway Corporation is to gulp N100,326,400, Federal Road
Safety Commission (FRSC) will take N237,247,216.21 while the Nigeria Security
and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) will take up N325,000,000.
A total of
N358,517,700 billion was allocated to the Nigerian Police Force and the Nigeria
Immigration Service is to take N29 million Naira.
The ministry
is also going to hire the buses of the Federal Ministry of Transportation for
N84 million naira, which brings the total figure to N1.134 billion.
The Abuja
Airport is expected to be closed for six weeks from March 8.
However,
many of the senators who spoke still expressed displeasure with the closure of
the airport stressing that it could be done without total closure of the
airport.
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