For Seven More Cargo Airports, FG Awards Contracts

The national government has made plans to construct seven additional cargo airports across the nation.

Senator Hadi Sirika, the aviation minister, revealed it while discussing the government’s ongoing efforts to create a standard roadmap for the industry. He emphasized the government’s determination to build cargo facilities that will facilitate the smooth movement of both perishable and non-perishable cargo goods throughout the nation and the world.

“I am delighted to inform that four of them have been finished, Abuja and the rest of them,” says Sirika. Seven more are also being constructed. In Ekiti, Kaduna, Jos, Katsina, Yola, Calabar, Port Harcourt, and Enugu, the contracts have been awarded. We are taking care of it, and the roadmap is being used to build all of things. You can picture being able to ship 40 tons of tomatoes into England from, say, Katsina. You will earn a tremendous quantity of foreign currency.

Imagine flying tomatoes, hot peppers, or onions from Kano to Port Harcourt since it will take 28 hours by car and they will rot before you get there. However, if you fly for 45 or an hour, they will arrive fresh and you will have them. This is included in the roadmap as well.

Sirika stated the following about the proposed aerotropolis project: “The airport city in Lagos has been designed to link the old airport with the new airport by rail and also to develop all the areas where FAAN, NAMA, and other organizations have those structures to completely give them out and to put a private sector initiative there for offices, hotels, cinemas, spars, and what have you. Despite the roadmap, all of the plans have been created, all consulting services have been provided, and all of the work has been completed and provided to the private sector and those of you who are interested.

The minister explained that the aerotropolis project will be one of the incentives needed by private investors to improve the airports following their concession.