The Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport in Abuja will now be closed from March 8 for repairs, the
Ministry of Transportation has said.
The nation’s
capital’s airport’s runway is to be reactivated after closure. It will last for
six weeks. The announcement of the date, which was previously fixed for next
month, was after a meeting between Minister of State (Aviation) Hadi Sirika and
stakeholders in the sector.
Ministry spokesman
James Odaudu said the meeting enabled the minister to brief the stakeholders on
efforts being made to ensure that the use of Kaduna’s airport is “seamless and
hitch-free”.
According to the
plan, flights to the Abuja airport will be diverted to the Kaduna Airport,
about 160 kilonmetres to Abuja and passengers travelling to Abuja will travel
in bus shuttles, guarded by security provided by the government, to the capital
city - Abuja.
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