The Federal Government has commenced the process leading to the concession
of major airports across the country.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika in Abuja
yesterday, commenced the process with the inauguration of the Project Steering Committee and Project
Delivery Committee.
Sirika said the Project Steering Committee with him as
Chairman, was to provide the general direction and steer the course of Public
Private Partnership in the aviation sector. He said: “The driving force behind
the federal government’s resolve to concession the airports were the overriding
national interest in ensuring the establishment and sustenance of world class
standards in both infrastructural development and service delivery.
“The
misgivings some people have expressed concerning the exercise was borne out of
the misconception that concession is synonymous with privatization. The institutions being concessioned remained
the properties of the federal government.”
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