The Abuja and Kano International Airports were concessioned to Corporacion America Airports Consortium two weeks before the exit of former...
This was a sequel to a motion moved by Kawu Sumaila at the plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, on Thursday.
The agreement on the concession is that Corporacion America Airports Consortium will be making an upfront payment of $7 million for Abuja airport for 20 years and $1.5 million for Kano airport for 30 years. While presenting his motion, Mr Sumaila said the concession agreement was not transparent or done in the public’s interest.Therefore, he asked the Senate to condemn the concession agreement, encouraged the federal government to review the concession exercise and give a level playing field to all stakeholders in the aviation industry.
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