Federal Ministry of Transportation has announced March 8, 2017 as the date for which the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja will be shut down for repairs. The airport will be reopened in the second week of April for resumption of normal flight activities.
According to daily trust, the notice read thus;
“The Federal Government has taken a decision to temporarily shut down operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The Six-Week closure of the airport which will be effective from the 8th of March, 2017, is to enable government carry out comprehensive renovation works on the Airport Runway in order to meet the International Civil Aviation standards. During the period of this closure, the Kaduna International Airport will be used as an alternate, for which the Federal Ministry of Transportation is collaborating with all relevant MDAs, Organizations, Agencies and Critical Stakeholders to ensure the provision of all necessary logistics for a seamless and hitch-free operation”.
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