The Federal Government of Nigeria has allayed the fears of
the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) workers of any lay-offs as
plans to concession four major international airports in the country get
underway.
Hadi Sirika, the Aviation minister, gave the assurance at a
virtual meeting with aviation stakeholders in Lagos, on Wednesday, on the
concession update of the four airports.
Sirika said instead more hands would be engaged as most of
the airports were understaffed.
NAN reports that the four airports billed for concession
are: the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Port Harcourt International Airport and the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The minister informed the stakeholders that there wouldn’t
be any need to sell the country’s assets, but to concession them in a manner
that would modernise the airports and have them operated to create more jobs as
well as generate more revenue for the country.
“We will not sell the assets that belong to over 200 million
Nigerians and the future generation of this country.
“We’re not going to sell because those that were sold were
lost, so we in government believe that we should hold those assets for the
Nigerian people in trust.
“We must make those assets better to provide the services
that are needed. So, we said, rather than sell out rightly, we’ll concession.
“In other words, we would give it up to someone who would
operate them and make them better.
“We will then get more money, the people will enjoy better
services, the industry grows and after a certain time, the airports will come
back to us,” he said.
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