The
stakeholders contended that if the fund secured in 2013 was properly utilised,
there is no way that the construction of the new terminal buildings for the
four airports would not have been completed in two years as originally
scheduled. At present, work at the affected airports has not advanced beyond 70
per cent, an ugly trend that saw the Port Harcourt and Lagos international
airports getting ranked as the third and fifth worst airports in the world for
2017 respectively.
According
to the General Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professional
(ANAP), Mr. Abdulrazak Saidu, it was
possible that the $500 million loan was mismanaged by those saddled with
responsibility of managing its disbursement, hence the slow pace of work at the
four airports. .
Speaking
with journalists at the Lagos Airport over the weekend, Saidu insisted that a
judicious utilisation of the fund would have ensured the completion of the
airports’ construction project less than 24 months. He alleged that only fund mismanagement
could have ensured that none of the airports was yet to be completed almost 48
months after work had commenced.
An analyst,
Utibe Uko, who also owns a travel
agency said Nigerians should compel the Federal Government to audit how the
funds were disbursed given the sorry sight of the nation’s airports which remains
a source of embarrassment to the country. “It is high
time Nigerians, especially stakeholders in aviation, demanded to know how the
$500million loan from China is being utilised,” he said.
On his
part, Saidu observed that the original master plans for Lagos and Abuja
Airports were distorted by the construction of the terminals, stressing that
such distortion indicated lack of adequate planning by the government.
He
said: “For example, the remodelling of Murtala Mohammed
International Airport (MMIA) and the loan they took from China was mismanaged.
The original master plan of MMIA and Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja were badly
depleted. The depletion has seriously affected the control towers of both
airports. What justification or right do they have? They ought to have followed
the original master plan of both airports before the construction of any new
terminals.” (Sun)
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