{"id":3907,"date":"2013-05-19T19:29:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T19:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/enugu-intl-airport-to-cater-for-500000-passengers-per-annum-oduah\/"},"modified":"2013-05-19T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T19:29:27","slug":"enugu-intl-airport-to-cater-for-500000-passengers-per-annum-oduah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/enugu-intl-airport-to-cater-for-500000-passengers-per-annum-oduah\/","title":{"rendered":"Enugu Int\u2019l Airport to cater for 500,000 passengers per annum \u2013 Oduah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, Aviation Minister<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

By Citizens Platfrom<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah has said that the nation\u2019s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would\u00a0 boost once the 22 federal government-owned airports under the remodelling programme is completed because they would galvanise economic activities and enhance international and domestic travel.<\/p>\n

She made this known in her opening speech to welcome President Goodluck Jonathan who laid foundation stone for the construction of international terminal at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport and also commissioned the remodelled domestic terminal.<\/p>\n

Oduah who described Enugu as the fastest growing airport in the country said the new international terminal with a total floor area of 25,000 square meters would have capacity to handle 500,000 passengers per annum.<\/p>\n

“On completion of the terminal, this airport will finally answer its name in the real sense of the word “Akanu Ibiam International Airport” she said.<\/p>\n

Oduah projected that by 2015 total domestic and international passenger movement in Nigeria would rise from the present 12 million to 16 million and with better airport facilities and commercial offerings at these airports, air travellers would be increasing by at least 10 per cent every year.<\/p>\n

The Minister said Nigeria’s aviation industry must take its rightful place in our national life.<\/p>\n

In her words \u201cthe industry must become pivotal to the socio-economic development of our country as it is supposed to be and as we proclaim in our Vision, we will continue to do what it takes to deliver just such an industry to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

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The Minister assured that the international terminal project in Enugu would be completed in December 2014 and together with perishable terminal. \u00a0The total cost of the project she said \u00a0is N13.3 billion.
She disclosed that already two international airlines have indicated interest to operate flights into the Enugu airport. She assured that the remodelling of the 22 federally-owned airports would be completed, including the five new international terminals coming on stream in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Kano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese were not the only transformation taking place in the aviation sector\u201d, she noted. \u00a0Others are the aerotropolis projects and the perishable cargo terminal projects.<\/p>\n

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