History was made on Thursday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, signed off the airport for concession under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to Aero Alliance Limited.
In his keynote address, the Minister described the concession as a historic breakthrough, revealing that plans to concession the airport had lingered for over two decades without success.
“This concession plan has been on for about twenty years, but it has only become possible under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Before now, investors focused mainly on Lagos, Abuja and Kano airports. Nobody was interested in Enugu and Port Harcourt. Today, Enugu has been successfully concessioned and Port Harcourt will also be handed over within the next few weeks,” the Minister stated.
He disclosed that the success recorded with the Enugu concession has sparked renewed investor confidence, with bids already being
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