Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has stated that the Enugu airport runway will be completed before the celebration of Easter and the airport will be reopened for operations.

Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said Sirika made the disclosure January 2, 2019 while on an inspection visit to the airport.

She said Sirika noted that because of the strategic importance of the airport to the South-Eastern region, the Federal Government carefully contracted the project to a reputable construction company (Messrs PW Ltd), and that the contractor had given assurance that the project would be completed before Easter.

Stating that the new international terminal being constructed at the airport will also be completed before the end of the year, Sirika noted that Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), Air Field Lightning (AFL), Taxi lights and other key deliverables were also parts of the project.

The minister was accompanied on the visit by the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Lolo Cecelia Ezeilo, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr Musa Hassan, the Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji and Nigeria’s representative to ICAO, Engr Ben Tukur.