Contractor Ordered To Complete Kaduna Airport Tower

The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi has ordered the contractor handling the new control tower at the Kaduna Airport to complete the project on schedule or face the consequences of default.

Mrs Oduah-Ogiemwonyi handed down the order during a tour of facilities at the airport.

Under the terms of the contract, the job is to be handed over to the ministry next month.

She also ordered the rehabilitation of the Hajj Camp at the airport where she expressed shock at the dilapidated camp.

According to her, the camp is not habitable for humans, especially those about to embark on a journey of spiritual cleansing, adding “it is not right to keep those about to embark on spiritual purification for days, sometimes, weeks in decrepit condition.A representative of the contractor handling the Kaduna airport control tower, told the minister that the job might be completed by December this year.

In another development, the Minister of Aviation, Mrs Oduah-Ogiemwinyi has said that the Enugu International Airport will be rehabilitated and expanded.

She stated this when Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi visited her in her office.

The aviation minister noted that the ministry is still studying the details of the proposed expansion and would do the necessary things to bring the airport to international standard.

Obi, in his speech had said the airport  is crucial to the growth of the economic activities in the South-East and needed to be given attention to compete favourably with others within and outside the country.

Meanwhile, the central tenet of British Airways business plan for the next five years, 2011 – 2015 is the satisfaction of its customers through outstanding service and insight.

The aim of the plan is to position British Airways as the world’s most admired airline in the markets it serves.

To achieve this, the airline’s Nigeria  commercial manager, Kola Olayinka said “we are putting the customer back at the heart of everything that we do, thereby reigniting the passion and belief in British Airways”.

Shedie Okpara