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Minister Solicits Support In The Aviation Sector
The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah, has called on stakeholders in aviation industry to collaborate with the Federal Government to resuscitate the industry.
Oduah, who made the call during her tour of Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo, at the weekend, said the collaboration was necessary to enable the industry meet international best practices.
The minister said if other state governments could invest in aviation, it would help in boosting the economy through job creation.
She described aviation business as lucrative and as such, should not be left in the hands of government alone.
The minister said that facilities at some of airports were old and needed to be changed.
“We call on all stakeholders to join hands with the Federal Government to bring our airports to global standards, which is our reason for stressing the need for Public and Private Partnership (PPP).
“The aviation industry does not belong to the government alone, we need everybody to build it up because we want to ensure that the global standard of aviation in Nigeria is maintained.
“Most of the facilities at the airports are old and they need to be changed and government cannot do this alone except people come in and support to build the aviation industry together.’’
Earlier, the minister lauded the Akwa Ibom government for building an international airport and urged the state to join hands with the Federal Government to maintain the facility.
She said such collaboration was necessary in view of the fact that “the infrastructure to maintain the aircraft are not available because these are very capital intensive projects.
“For Akwa Ibom to embark upon it we have to collaborate with them, the platform within which we do the collaboration is what we are going to standardise, the implementation strategy would be through a PPP.
“The international standard that we talk about has to be put in place most importantly is the fact that hanger is a very lucrative business and so we are urging investors and our engineers to come gether to be part of this collaboration”.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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