"5m passengers": Lagos State Gives Completion Date, Targets for New International Airport at Lekki
- The Lagos State government has once again expressed its commitment to constructing a new standout airport
- The airport, which will be located in the Lekki axis of the State, can potentially turn the State into the 'Dubai of West Africa.'
- Lagos is now looking forward to completing the airport and has set a target when it will be ready for use
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Lagos State Government has once again promised to construct a new international Airport at the Lekki Epe corridor of the State in the next one or two years.
The airport is expected to accommodate about 350 aircraft at a time and take care of about 5 million travellers annually.
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Gbenga Omotoso, the state commissioner for information and Strategy who disclosed this, also said when the airport is completed, residents of Lekki will not have to make a journey to Ikeja, Punch reports.
His words:
“The Airport is not going to take time, it is expected to be finished in about a year or two and that is going to be on Lekki Epe corridor and it’s going to be an international Airport, that can accommodate about 350 Aircraft at a time.
"It’s going to take care of about 5 million travelers and we are already talking to investors, because it’s not what the state can fund from its balance sheet.
“So everything that needs to be done by the Airport and every other iconic projects that I have spoken of, like Food and Logistics Hub, 4th Mainland Bridge are currently on the table
Investment in Nigeria
Lagos government also said talks are ongoing with foreign investors for the project, Champion reports.
Omotoso added:
“We are talking to investors from all over the world to come and take up these projects and they have seen that Lagos is where the investment destination is, the biggest in Africa.
"If you look at the Foreign Direct Investment, there is no state that march Lagos and if you talk about foreign direct investment coming into Nigeria, when you look at Africa as a whole, Lagos contributes about 80% of the one that is coming into Nigeria."
Nigerian airports may shut down after completion of NCAA audit, stakeholders lament
Legit.ng reported that stakeholders in the aviation industry have raised concerns that some airports may be closed when the full audit of airports in the country by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is completed.
This followed an announcement by the NCAA's director general, Musa Nuhu, that an audit of all airports would soon be conducted and that anyone deemed lacking would be grounded.
Recall that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) recently audited Nigerian airports and gave the nation a score of 70%.
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