The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, Tuesday, affirmed that the planned reconstruction of the Terminal One building of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos will be speeded up to meet expectation following the fire incident that engulfed the building on Monday.
Mr. Keyamo spoke after a tour of the ground floor of the MMIA. He said the building was about to be pulled down and totally rehabilitated before the inferno.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at one of its meetings last year approved contracts totaling N987 billion for massive infrastructure upgrades at the country’s airports including that MMIA terminal which was expected to gulp the sum of N712.26 billion and expected to be completed within 22 months.
Mr. Festus Keyamo had told State House correspondents that “The centerpiece of the upgrades is the complete rehabilitation and modernisation of International Terminal One at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
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