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| Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Hajia Binta Bello |
The federal government has disclosed
that it will complete and deliver five international airport terminals
across the country. This was known by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Aviation, Hajia Binta Bello.
The terminals which are concurrently
being remodelled and built to meet international standards will cost
about $500 million (N100 billion)
Bello said “We don’t have any financial
impediment that would slow down the work that is in progress. For
instance there is no problem of finance with the finance of the five
ongoing international terminals.
“The five international airport remodelling terminals are being financed by the Chinese EXIM bank
loan and federal government’s counterpart funding of $100 million,
which has been paid at the commencement of the projects. I therefore
assured that the contractors will deliver the project by the first
quarter of 2016.”
“The job is about 45 per cent complete,
but the most important thing is that the contractors have all the other
materials ready as are only awaiting shipment from China. Most of these
things are already done as the super structure is already on the ground.
And once the materials arrive, it will just be fixing of the
materials,” she said.
