FG Reopens Kano, Enugu, Port Harcourt Airports For International Flights

The Federal Government has decided to reopen Kano, Port Harcourt
and Enugu airports for international flights.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced this on Monday
during the weekly briefing of the PTF in Abuja.

He said: “There have been agitations for us to open Port
Harcourt, Enugu and Kano and of course, it takes a tremendous
amount of work, appropriation in the management of this virus to be
able to open ore departure up other areas of entry.

“We will do only at a time what will be good for the management
of this virus, it is very painful especially for us in civil
aviation to have our airports closed and our direct source of
income affected as we are finding it extremely difficult to pay
salaries.

“So, we shut down the airport with great care and when we shut
down the airports, we had to keep them running otherwise the
facilities in there will get dilapidated for lack of usage. So, it
is in our interest to keep them open but unfortunately, we couldn’t
because of our collective health and goods of the country and those
that do business with Nigeria.

“Now that we have most of the things in place due to the work by
the PTF, we will be opening Enugu airport on the 3rd of May 2012.
We will be opening Kano on the 5th of April, 2021 and Port Harcourt
on the 15th of April, 2021 for international flights.”

Sirika assured that all the things that need to be put in place
to ensure smooth and safe operations will be in place before the
set dates.”

The Federal Government has decided to reopen Kano, Port Harcourt
and Enugu airports for international flights.

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced this on Monday
during the weekly briefing of the PTF in Abuja.

He said: “There have been agitations for us to open Port
Harcourt, Enugu and Kano and of course, it takes a tremendous
amount of work, appropriation in the management of this virus to be
able to open ore departure up other areas of entry.

“We will do only at a time what will be good for the management
of this virus, it is very painful especially for us in civil
aviation to have our airports closed and our direct source of
income affected as we are finding it extremely difficult to pay
salaries.

“So, we shut down the airport with great care and when we shut
down the airports, we had to keep them running otherwise the
facilities in there will get dilapidated for lack of usage. So, it
is in our interest to keep them open but unfortunately, we couldn’t
because of our collective health and goods of the country and those
that do business with Nigeria.

“Now that we have most of the things in place due to the work by
the PTF, we will be opening Enugu airport on the 3rd of May 2012.
We will be opening Kano on the 5th of April, 2021 and Port Harcourt
on the 15th of April, 2021 for international flights.”

Sirika assured that all the things that need to be put in place
to ensure smooth and safe operations will be in place before the
set dates.”