The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Wednesday, in Abuja, said the agitations of the Senate cannot halt the planned demolition of offices belonging to aviation agencies at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
“Government is going to continue, of course. The Senate is advisory. It’s an executive function. We are not bound by any court of law and the government cannot be stopped from giving development to its people.”He cited the recent demolition of 13 houses in Lagos by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, saying the efforts were part of national interest.“Just the other day, some houses were demolished by the Lagos government on our camp. We have been on that issue for some time.
Meanwhile, the minister tried to clear doubts about Nigeria’s national carrier, Nigeria Air Limited, beginning operation within the remaining days of the Buhari regime.“I think three weeks is a lot of time. By the special grace of God, it will fly and don’t forget we didn’t start today. We started this in 2015. We drew up the road-map, we got the transaction advisors in 2016. From 2016 we’ve been planning and planning and planning.
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