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Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by sulaimon22: 12:10pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
The timely completion of the Abuja International Airport
runway has confirmed that “Nigerians elected a responsive,
responsible and capable federal government”, under
President Muhammadu Buhari.
The arrival of Ethiopian Airbus from AddisAbaba at the
NAIA, Abuja at 12.pm
The minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed said this on Wednesday in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Mr
Segun Adeyemi.
The completion of reconstruction of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja, runway paved the way for the
re-opening of the airport officially today, after a six-week
closure. And it was done ahead of schedule.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika had
vowed to resign his appointment as minister in the event
that the deadline for the reconstruction was not met by the
contractors handling the project.
The reopening of the airport for air operations came a day
before the expiration of the official deadline and the first
airline to land at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
was the Ethiopian Airlines which relocated to Kaduna
Airport after Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was shut
down.
The minister said that the delivery of the project even
before the scheduled date showed government’s ability to
live up to its promise and rise up to any occasion,
irrespective of how daunting the challenge may be.
He described as “a remarkable achievement” the ability of
the government to complete the reconstruction of the
runway within the stipulated time, despite doomsday
predictions.
“The clock-work precision with which everything concerning
the closure of the airport and the temporary relocation to
the Kaduna Airport was handled is the clearest indication
yet that Nigeria can tackle any challenge,” he said.
He noted that the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna road,
the provision of effective security along the highway
showed that
Nigerians have what it takes to make the country a proud
member of the comity of nations.
Mohammed also hailed the perfect handling of the massive
logistics involved in ensuring that the Kaduna Airport was
able to handle a large number of flights.
”It is to the credit of the security agencies and the Federal
Road Safety Corps that passengers travelling along the ever-
busy Abuja-Kaduna highway were largely kept safe while the
closure of the Abuja airport lasted.
“There was no known security scare while accidents on the
road were kept at the barest minimum, despite the
increased vehicular traffic.
“ Who can forget the timely departure and arrival of the
Abuja-Kaduna train that ferried thousands of passengers
back and forth during the Abuja airport closure?
“Indeed, the closure of the Abuja airport runway and the
logistic nightmare it triggered must rank among the most
intimidating challenges faced by this Administration,” he
said.
The Minister reminded those who might want to trivialise
the feat by the present government to realise that what
could not be done in the over 30 years the runway was left
to deteriorate was achieved in just six weeks, even under
an economic recession.
He also recalled that the Port Harcourt International Airport
was closed for almost two years by the Jonathan
administration.
Mohammed thanked Nigerians for enduring the
inconveniences that came with the relocation of Abuja
flights to Kaduna.
He also thanked the Ethiopian Airlines that operated its
scheduled Abuja flights to Kaduna and the Julius Berger
construction company that worked day and night to deliver
the project ahead of schedule.
Mohammed said the success recorded in the timely
reconstruction of the runway could only rank next to the
determined effort with which the government contained the
Boko Haram insurgency.
The minister noted that the current administration under the
stewardship of President Muhammadu Buhari was
employing the same uncommon determination to tackle all
the challenges facing the country. |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by BrosPeter: 12:12pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Can't Buhari start one project and complete it? There's not one project started by Buhari from start to finish, none. 1 Like |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by alex81(m): 12:23pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
deserves keh we so used to the status quo dat we forgot duties of our elected delegates. we need to stop giving credit to individuals for doing wat deyre supposed to do with govt money.Instead we need to remind them of their promises during election campaigns. Respect to the president! |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by majamajic(m): 12:27pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
Buhari was not on seat then oooo. The person acting as president approved the job |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by Nbote(m): 12:37pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
No worry jus send us his number, make nigerians transfer d credit directly to his line... Awon Oshi 1 Like |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by spartan117(m): 12:47pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
God bless President yemi Osinbanjo 4 completing dat project |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by Aufbauh(m): 12:57pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
According to Channels TV:they captioned it "Promise made,Promise kept"! |
Re: Buhari Deserves Big Credit Over Abuja Runway, Says Lai Mohammed by Luckylife(m): 1:18pm On Apr 19, 2017 |
commend who because it was done with his money abi ? pls stop disgracing true Nigerians in the eyes of the world . How many percentage of Nigerians use Abuja Airport? just return Nigeria economy and market how your propaganda 419 APC sycophants met it. |
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