The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos, unveiled plans to upgrade major facilities with a running cost of N23bn.
He stated that in 2007, N8bn was spent on buying and installing the Safe Tower at Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt airports, adding that $56m was spent separately on the TRACON, which was inaugurated in 2012.Ojukutu added, “A lot of water went under the two projects, which can wash many people away in other climes. I was a member of the Safety Implementation Committee on NAMA, NIMET, and NCAT.
“I saw a lot on how the government intervention funds were sourced and spent on the two aeronautical facilities that we are again budgeting N36bn for in an election year. About 10 years ago, a similar amount was spent.” Ojikutu stressed that the nation could not keep up with the expenses of public funds into sectors that were supposed to generate revenues without knowing how much these sectors were generating.
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