Bi-Courtney Begins Work On Conference, Hotel Facility, Soon

Bi-Courtney Aviation
Services Limited (BASL), has announced that work would soon resume at the hotel and conference centre it is building opposite the domestic terminal, known as MMA2 at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
Work on the two projects had been stopped due to disagreements the company had with the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), but a statement from BASL said that the projects would now be completed.
“All is now set for our contractor to move to site and work which have been there for a few years now. This time, we are determined to complete the projects and change the face of the Murtala Muhammed Airport environment for the better”, the statement said.
According to the Company’s image maker Mr Steve Omalale Ajulo, said the two projects have become a subject of litigation between Bi-Courtney and FAAN, the lessor of the land in which they are sited. Claiming that a Federal High Court barred the agency from tampering with the project and the lease agreement in any form whatever.
“The firm and the agency had entered into a 40 years lease agreement over the land on February 2, 2007. But, while the projects were on-going, a dispute arose over the lease agreement following which Bi-Courtney challenged the purported revocation of the lease by FAAN at the Federal High Court”,  the statement said.
The matter, however, took a new turn as Justice Mohammed Idris assumed jurisdiction on the suit, despite the preliminary objection filed by the Federal government. The Judge said Bi-Courtney’s action was properly filed, adding that it is competent and the court has jurisdiction to hear it Omalale Ajulo stated.
The statement further said in two letters dated April 19, 2012, FAAN had informed Bi-Courtney that the lease granted it in respect of the two projects had been terminated and that the agency hinged its action on alleged breaches committed in the agreement signed on the projects and the court consequently stopped FAAN from interfering in the projects, paving the way for Bi-Courtney to return to work.