The state’s Commissioner
for Works, Transport and Energy, Sirajo Wakil, talked about the first ever
cargo airport in northern Nigeria on Monday in an interview with Channels
Television in Damaturu, the Yobe State’s capital.
The Yobe State government
is set to award contract for the construction of the first ever cargo airport
in northern Nigeria.
He said that the airport
which would be for ticketing, cargo and located in the state’s capital, would
facilitate the export of meat, dairy products, and gum Arabic among others
which will be source of foreign exchange to the state.
Mr Wakil regretted that
Yobe State was the only state among the 19 northern states of the country
without an airport, hence the need for an outstanding one.
He affirmed that the state
government had concluded plans for the award of the contract which according to
him, would be the first of its kind in the Nigeria’s northern region.
The Commissioner also
lamented the non-functioning of most airports in the north, saying they were
constructed on the basis of ticketing which ordinarily according to him could
sustain the survival of any airport.
He disclosed that
regulatory agencies like the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Nigerian
Meteorological Agency and the Ministry of Aviation had visited the state for
the feasibility survey of the proposed airport and had certified the award of
the contract.
Wakil assured the people of
Yobe State that the Governor Ibrahim Geidam-led administration would complete
all the ongoing road projects across the state despite the tough economic
situation.
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