…ART commends Presidecy, Sirika
While the entire world was skeptically watching if the Federal Government would walk the talk on its promise to deliver the rehabilitated Runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on April 19, the Federal Government has surprised every doubting Thomas, that it has capacity to do more, when it delivered the runway for use today ApriI 18, 2017 as against the expected delivery date of April 19,2017.
First to land on the runway after six weeks, was the minister of State, Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika on board a flight operated by Nigeria Police Aircraft marked 5N-HAR who said there was no need delaying the use of the rehabilitated runway the April
Addressing journalists shortly after his arrival in the airport, Sirika said: “April 19 was the due date to conclude and open the airport base on our program of work. We were able to deliver the project earlier than anticipated so we cannot open late. There is nothing wrong in opening it a day earlier. Here we are, we set out to achieve a target and we achieve the target”.
In his appreciation, the Minister said, “We thank Allah for His benevolence. We are happy and thank Mr. President, His Excellency for his support, guidance and leadership. And I also want to thank my colleagues who did it all, the media and the Nigeria people for bearing with us during the time of the closure.” Sirika said the runway is now in perfect shape. “The runway has been completed and it is in perfect shape. I just landed now on the same runway. Final exercise, the friction test was carried out this morning and they found out that it meets international standard, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Standard and Recommended Practices (SARPs). So the runway is good,
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