The airports are Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos; the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; Malam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano and Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state.
Abuja and Port Harcourt have had their brand new terminals commissioned while that of Lagos and Kano are ongoing.
But Wednesday, the federal government in a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document said there is no conflict with the China Exim Bank over the concession.
Besides, the government envisages a 30-year tenure for the concession which can be extended.
The document said, “China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC) was contracted to deliver a number of infrastructure projects throughout Nigeria in 2013. The Passenger Terminal development works are a small part of this, and the federal government has every intention to service its obligation.”
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The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide yesterday shut down the Warri and the Port Harcourt offices of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in protest against the federal government’s refusal to inaugurate a substantive board for the interventionist agency.
THISDAY gathered that scores of youths, clad in red t-shirts and IYC muffler scarfs, stormed the office located in Edjeba, Warri South council area of Delta state, yesterday morning to press home their demand.
Stickers with inscriptions such as “Inaugurate substantive NDDC board,” We say no to bad governance,” IOCs must not remit $1.6 billion to NDDC for now,” Restructure Nigeria now, we seek justice in the NDDC” were pasted on the entrance of the NDDC building.
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