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Buhari Vows To Make Nigeria Leader In Aviation Sub Sector In Africa

President Buhari commissions new Terminal Building of Abuja International Airport on 20th December 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to make Nigeria to be leader in aviation sub sector of the economy in Africa.

He declared that his government is committed “to developing Nigeria into Regional air transportation hub and thereby assuming its leadership in the aviation sub sector in Africa.”

The President, who commissioned the new terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja today, Thursday, said that with the commissioning of the Terminal, Nigeria is moving towards achieving and meeting global aviation standards in facilitation, passenger processing and service delivery in tandem with international best practices.

“This Administration recognises aviation as a catalyst for economic growth and as such will continue to encourage and support the actualization of projects that will place Nigerian Airports amongst the best in the world.”

President Buhari said that the commissioning of the terminal reflected his government’s deliberate policy to sustain the development of Nigeria’s infrastructure.

“We are gradually closing the infrastructural deficit bedevilling our country.

He recalled that on the October 25 this year, he commissioned Port Harcourt International Airport Terminal, during which time the minister of State for Aviation promised that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Terminal, Abuja would be completed and ready for commissioning before the end of the year.

“Today, that promise has been kept. I wish to commend the Honourable Minister and his team for a job well done.

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“I am happy to note the progress being made in both the airports and sea ports on the implementation of the Executive Order on the Ease of Doing Business. Government officials manning these gateways are to sustain the momentum and ensure travellers in and out of the country have the best of experience as a necessary complement to the ultra-modern terminal.

“Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Terminal is the first airport terminal to be connected to rail transport system in the Country and indeed in the region. This has provided passengers and other airport users with a choice in the mode of transport to and from the city centre. I recall taking a ride from the City Metro station to the Airport on the day the rail line was commissioned.

“Let me once again appreciate the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Transportation (Aviation), the Government of the Peoples Republic of China and the China Exim Bank for their financial support and the various roles they played leading to the successful completion of this project. Let me also commend the contractor Messrs CCECC for delivering this project on time.”

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