SGF to declare open 59th Airport Council Int’l

The Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Mr Boss  Mustapha is expected to declare open the forthcoming Airport Council International (ACI) to be hosted by Nigeria between April 14 and 20, 2018 in Lagos.

This is just as the on-going installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras at the airsides of Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has reached between 85 and 90 per cent completion stage.

The General Manager, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Communications at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu dropped this hint while speaking in Lagos.

Talking about the forthcoming ACI African conference, Yakubu declared that FAAN would use the opportunity to open up the aviation sector to internal and external investors.

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She explained that Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of Federation would declare open the conference while Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Dr Bernard Aliu, Nigerian born President of Council, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr Bernard Aliu and Ms. Angela Gittens, Director-General, ACI World would also be in attendance.

“We are expecting experts to come with their wealth of ideas that will help us to move our airports from just being a government entity to more viable airports and the ones that can declare profit.

“The Ease of doing business too has helped us to move forward as we showcase our potential and activities. The ease of doing business has helped us to collapse several formalities in checking the passengers, we don’t have too many checks at the airports any longer, but that does not stop us from still doing the security check”,  Yakubu added.