Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN has promised to improve on the facilities at Kaduna Airport.
The Minister made the promise on Friday during a visit by the State governor, Senator Uba Sani to his office over the state of infrastructure at the airport
The governor had during the visit briefed the minister on the dilapidated conditions of infrastructure at the Kaduna Airport,
“the airport is an eyesore, no aircraft is landing there at the moment, that’s why I had to make this trip to your office so we can know what to do,” the governor told the minister.
Sani explained further that, all air travellers to Kaduna now make use of either NAF Base or the Zaria airwings.
“Right now, I have spoken to Air Peace and United Nigeria Airline on the possibility of resuming flight operations to the airport; but we found out there’s a need to upgrade and improve some of the facilities for effective aeronautical services,” the governor added.
Responding, Keyamo promised to expedite action on the improvement of the airport facilities, “coincidentally, I am planning a visit to one of my agencies in Zaria soon, the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) and now, as a matter of urgency, I have to factor-in, the inspection of the Kaduna airport in the journey, it is very important that we make the Kaduna Airport fully operational because it is a good alternative to the Abuja airport should anything happens, so I am promising you that, I’ll give it priority in weeks to come”, the Minister promised.
