Reps grill Keyamo over infrastructure decay at airports

The House Committee on Aviation on Wednesday quizzed the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the decay of infrastructures at the nation’s airports.

The chairman of the committee, Abdullah Garba, grilled the minister during a meeting with officials of the ministry in Abuja.

He said the state of infrastructures at the local and international airports was worrisome and needed an urgent government intervention.

The lawmaker stressed that the safety of personnel and stakeholders at the nation’s airports were important.

He added that the major assignment of the committee was to identify the equipment and other items needed to revitalise the aviation sector.

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On his part, Keyamo said that the level of infrastructural decay at the nation’s airports was a serious issue of concern to the ministry.

He, however, assured the committee that the ministry was compiling a list of equipment for safety in the nation’s airports.

On the award of contracts by the ministry, he informed the committee that most of the contracts awarded by the ministry are still ongoing projects.

The chairman and other invited stakeholders later moved into an executive session to address the issues of concern to the lawmakers.

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