Zendinho:
For the first time that our President Buhari is acting without putting the blame on the previous administration....

If he had been taking the bull by the horn like this and not telling us cock and bull stories may b we'll not find ourselves in mess.

So u call this action.

*spits*

dingbang:





Do u know why i am laughing? Lol leme tell you..



Was it China or Japan who reconstructed a road that was damaged seriously by earthquake just under three days, but its not like as if the nnamdi azikiwe airport run way is that bad ooo, just rehabilitation and its gona take them six months to rehabilitate..





Glory be to God

6 weeks not 6 months.

dingbang:





Do u know why i am laughing? Lol leme tell you..



Was it China or Japan who reconstructed a road that was damaged seriously by earthquake just under three days, but its not like as if the nnamdi azikiwe airport run way is that bad ooo, just rehabilitation and its gona take them six months to rehabilitate..





Glory be to God

So you now compare a road to a runway... your the dumbest dude that ever commented on this forum.. i mean what kind of senile thoughs ran through your mind before you posted this crao.. its so obvious that you dont know a hoot about engineering... instead of asking the reason, ITK wan kill you, u wrote thrash instead.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Why Kaduna?

Instead it ought to be Minna which is just about 90mins by road from Abuja.

I guess the fact that Minna airport doesn't have any fuel depots within the airport necessitated the choice for Kaduna which is about two and a half hours distance from Abuja by road. This then begs the question about the Kaduna-Abuja rail link constructed by GEJ which the APC govt has since celebrated as being completed by them but is yet to resume full operation. Does this mean that by providing free bus services for Abuja bound passengers from Kaduna airport is just another scam by the APC or is the rail line far from being commissioned as the APC claimed?

Either way, I expect more airlines to use this opportunity to cut more jobs as they will not be able to relocate completely all their staff in Abuja.

Finally, I expect this temporary closure of the Abuja airport to affect only schedule commercial airlines both local and international thereby ruling out the total closure of the Abuja airport to smaller charter jets and even the presidential fleet. Also, I dont see European airlines using Kaduna Airport due to security concerns as they have long since stopped operating from Kano airport (or any where else in the north). That means we should expect British Airlines, Air France and Lufthansa seizing operations into Abuja (or rather Kaduna) out of security concerns. This should lead to more job losses.

you will type one question and contradict yourself again... Your a specialist confusuionist. How will they divert all abuja bound passengers to the train, what then happens to people that already make use of the train service everyday, will you rob peter to pay paul. if the international flights wouldnt land in Abuja, they can as well decide to land in lagos.. Thats their ish not urs, afterall your just commenting on nairaland while others are flying.

Wiseandtrue:
A welcome development

What is welcome about this ..abi are you planning to rob people on the Kaduna Abuja road

Is that not a Boko route they now want to expose innocent Nigerians to. The same army boko is slaughtering at will they want us to trust to provide security. Well for me I will not agree to ply that route by road.
If they cannot provide two runways in Abuja at this level of our history too bad.

dingbang:





Do u know why i am laughing? Lol leme tell you..



Was it China or Japan who reconstructed a road that was damaged seriously by earthquake just under three days, but its not like as if the nnamdi azikiwe airport run way is that bad ooo, just rehabilitation and its gona take them six months to rehabilitate..





Glory be to God

They said six weeks, not months.

And that road that you say was repaired in Japan had to be closed again because the contractors didn't fix it properly the first time:

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/28/asia/japan-sinkhole-fukuoka/index.html

I didn't read the whole report but I don't think this should affect the international wing. But if it does, how will they resolve cases of travellers who had booked about two weeks ahead from other countries? All these unannounced changes that characterise this administration is partly responsible for the soaring dollar/naira relationship. I can't imagine myself giving out #480k in exchange for $1k for God's sake. I don't know if this Travelex (or whatever they call themselves) are still working.

What about those that have pre-booked flights to ABV already....Madness

Adekorya:

Mr Man, this is Nigeria and not China.

If the government are not doing their work you Will complain of negligence, now the government is doing something you still find a way criticised.

Do you think rehabilitating of Plane runaway is the same thing as road construction?

Do u think it is wrong if Abuja airport has 2 or more runways?

Celebrating mediocrity government

This is what bad management causes! There's no other place in the world where a major Airport is closed for 6 weeks (one month two weeks)!

Nigerian govt. hardly maintains anything. They must have ignored the runway maintenance (and looted maintenance fund) until it became worse!

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Fulani miscreants go get market for Kaduna road

That's my fear.

This is why major airports should have more than 1 runway. But at least we have an alternative.

Nigeria still has a very long way to go. The Chinese government would do the repairs in a week. Our 'longthing' long well well!

JaypeeAnics:
Meanwhile a sachet of pure water now sells for #15/#20 naira in my area...how much is it in ur own area

5 naira

Wiseandtrue:
A welcome development

Oh! really?

No well thought out at all, the distance from Kaduna to Abuja alone is killing beside the roads are bad.
They should increase the trips made by the Kaduna - Abuja train, the travel time is 2 hours, but getting to the Railway Station is another hell. The station is far from the town.

BizAllianzNg:


6weeks and not six months.

Six weeks even too much. In China, na three days that stuff will get repaired. Even our Nigerian engineers can do that in few days, why berger? Buy naija grow naija

RevDesm0ndJuju:
Why Kaduna?

Instead it ought to be Minna which is just about 90mins by road from Abuja.

I guess the fact that Minna airport doesn't have any fuel depots within the airport necessitated the choice for Kaduna which is about two and a half hours distance from Abuja by road. This then begs the question about the Kaduna-Abuja rail link constructed by GEJ which the APC govt has since celebrated as being completed by them but is yet to resume full operation. Does this mean that by providing free bus services for Abuja bound passengers from Kaduna airport is just another scam by the APC or is the rail line far from being commissioned as the APC claimed?

Either way, I expect more airlines to use this opportunity to cut more jobs as they will not be able to relocate completely all their staff in Abuja.

Finally, I expect this temporary closure of the Abuja airport to affect only schedule commercial airlines both local and international thereby ruling out the total closure of the Abuja airport to smaller charter jets and even the presidential fleet. Also, I dont see European airlines using Kaduna Airport due to security concerns as they have long since stopped operating from Kano airport (or any where else in the north). That means we should expect British Airlines, Air France and Lufthansa seizing operations into Abuja (or rather Kaduna) out of security concerns. This should lead to more job losses.

Am not an APC supporter or a politician but as for the Kaduna to abj railway, I have used it couple of times and it's cool

miszeno:


So u call this action.

*spits*

no ooo.....no b action, na ur smelling spits.

BizAllianzNg:


6weeks and not six months.

6 months. It's on the mid section that is 6 weeks

nextprince:
I didn't read the whole report but I don't think this should affect the international wing. But if it does, how will they resolve cases of travellers who had booked about two weeks ahead from other countries? All these unannounced changes that characterise this administration is partly responsible for the soaring dollar/naira relationship. I can't imagine myself giving out #480k in exchange for $1k for God's sake. I don't know if this Travelex (or whatever they call themselves) are still working.

Abuja local wing had been closed for repairs for years. All local flights take off from the international wing

But now there is no noise out there.MMM also went on repair just for 4 weeks u media took it up like gala seller ranting up and down. I beg how many blogs don carry this? Why is it not flying on dailys front page?. why not do same for this? Nigerians with their negative way of pulling things down.

RevDesm0ndJuju:


like Amaechi rail in PH?

Then if so, why is the FG planning on getting buses to transport passengers by road from Kaduna to Abuja?

Oga calm down, I don't care about any useless government talk, just informing you that there is train in case you are interested

Only in Nigeria can an international airport be shut for 6 weeks.

Lord iWeep for us damn.........

and that is news for a minister to announce...... sometimes i wonder with all the DG's and directors in every parastatal..... what they do?

WE are a sad story ... seriously

idupaul:


What is welcome about this ..abi are you planning to rob people on the Kaduna Abuja road

classical15:

Oh! really?

Its long overdue besides the runway will be functioning nau
Prevention is better than cure.