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Some interesting facts about the Lafia Airport Kwandere.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE LAFIA AIRPORT KWANDERE • Lafia Airport alternate airport for the Nnmadi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. It will also serve as cargo airport for agricultural produce and serve neighboring states of Benue, Kogi,Kaduna, Plateau and Taraba. • The runway is 2.5km  • Lafia Airport will be the closest to FCT; nearer than that of Benue, Jos or Kogi, which will provide access to leading business and science associations, federal ministries and foreign embassies.  • Lafia Airport will create diverse employment opportunities related to aircraft operations and maintenance, passenger and freight handling, air traffic control and safety etc. Key employment sectors to be improved in will include transport, postal and warehousing, retail, accommodation and food services, manufacturing and wholesale trade. • Lafia Airport will ease the transportation of pilgrims to Holy lands and facilitate the exportation of our locally processed agricultural products, such as
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An karrama tsohon Ministan Sufurin Jiragen Sama Sanata Hadi Abubakar Sirika.

Ranar Juma'a 30 ga watan Yunii jikokin Abubakar Sirika suka karrama tsohon Ministan sufurin jiragen sama, Sanata Hadi Abubakar Sirika bayan kammala aiki na tsawon shekara takwas a matsayin Ministan sufurin jiragen sama  An karrama Sanata Hadi Abubakar Sirika da kyautar Alqur'ani mai girma da kuma  kambu na girmamawa. Taron yasamu halartar shugaban karamar hukumar dutsi Honourable Rabo Ado Kayawa, DPO na karamar hukumar dutsi, da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki na karamar hukumar Dutsi.  A nasa jawabin Sanata Hadi Sirika ya nuna Jin dadinsa game da wannan karramawa daga karshe ya yi godiya.

Sirika debunked reports that he was invited by EFCC

The immediate past Aviation Minister, Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has debunked reports that he was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Sirika denied knowledge of any invitation saying, “ Well, maybe they invited me in their imagination, but what I do know is that I had gone to see the former chairman (Bawa) last week, and I have not received any invitation. If they want to invite me, I’m here.” When asked whether he went to see Bawa based on his invitation or personally, he said, “I did not get any invitation from the EFCC, Oga, that’s what I said to you. I have not been invited. If I’m invited, it is not any news or no news; I can go whenever I’m invited. “If they invite me today, I will appear. I was a public officer and I am accountable for my actions. Public officers are accountable for their actions. If I’m invited by the EFCC, I will go. I’ve not seen any invitation. I am in my house, and I’m based in Abuja, not Kaduna, and they are also here in Abuja.”

The money voted and budgeted for Air Nigeria is N5 billion not N85 billion. -Senator Hadi Abubakar Sirika

 #NigeriaAir  HADI SIRIKA ON NIGERIA AIR VIA ARISE TV “From 2016 to 2023, all of the money voted and budgeted for Nigeria Air is N5 billion. But all that was released was in the neighborhood of N3 billion, not N85 billion, and not all of the N3 billion has been expended as of the time I left office." "What has been done with the money is nothing but to get special advisory services, the AOC processes, salaries, consultive services, and the maintenance of the office in Abuja. No contract was awarded by Hadi Sirika. These are the things the money was used for. And there is the Freedom of Information Act, people can apply and get all the information about what the money has been used for. The N85 billion being mentioned is only in the imagination of the people carrying it about.”   “The AOC owned by Ethiopian Airline is known to Nigeria and the NCAA. They are permitted to come in either with scheduled passengers, chattered or cargo. They have to come in under one of the 3. So, t

MULKIN BUHARI: Kwalliya ta biya kudin sabulu -Sirika

Tsohon Ministan sufurin jiragen Sama Sanata Hadi Abubakar Sirika a wata hira da yayi da yan jarida a fadar gidan sa dake garin Shargalle ya yaba wa gwamnatin shugaba Muhammadu Buhari domin cigaban da gwamnatin ta samar wa kasar mu a ko wane fanni. Sanata Hadi Abubakar Sirika ya yabama al'ummar jahar Katsina da kasa baki daya bisa yadda bisa yadda suka fito bikin yata Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari murnar kammala aiki. Sirika ya kara da cewa taron da al'umma suka yi ya tabbatar da cewa tsohon shugaban kasa yayi nasara a mulkin da yayi na tsawon shekara takwas. Yaci gaba da zayyano ire-iren cigaban da gwamnatin shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ta kawo ma al'umma, irin inganta tsaro, inganta noma, inganta kasuwanci, tallafawa matasa da masu karamin karfi (Npower, Trader Moni) da sauran su. Sirika yaci gaba da zayyano ire-iren cigaban da aka samu a ma'aikatar da ya jagoranta, wanda a tarihi ba'a taba samun gwamnatin da ta kawo cigaban da gwamnatin shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ta kawo ba,

FEC approves renaming of aviation ministry, concessioning of two int’l airports

 FEC approves renaming of aviation ministry, concessioning of two int’l airports. Speaking to journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting, yesterday, Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, said the Abuja airport will be concessioned for 20 years while the international airport in Kano will be concessioned for 30 years. Sirika also said the council approved the ministry’s change of name. According to the minister, the name of the ‘federal ministry of aviation’ changed to the ‘ministry of aviation and aerospace of Nigeria’. “The council also approved the draft national civil aviation policy which is geared towards the strengthening of the civil aviation,” Sirika added.  Last week, FEC approved N449.9 million for the engagement of consultants for the development of a master plan for 17 airports in Nigeria.

Nigeria Air'll Fly Before May 29, Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika Assures.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Extraordinary Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, Senator Hadi Sirika affirmed that the national carrier, Nigeria Air will begin operations before the end of the present administration. He said,  “Yes, we are on course, we’re on course, and by the grace of God before President Buhari leaves office, it will fly.” “So today in council, something very significant has happened in the world of civil aviation. Part of our roadmap, the aviation leasing company has been established and approved by council. “A second memo was also a contract for procurement, an installation of taxi waylights in the system and photometric pattern in Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja and some other equipment all over the country. “And this contract is in the total sum for the photometric and taxi waylights system N3.5 billion with an eight-month period

May Day: Sirika Congratulates Aviation Workers, Assures on CoS Implementation

  As workers in Nigeria join their colleagues in the rest of the world to celebrate Workers Day, Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika heartily congratulates workers in the sector for their daily contributions to the running and development of the industry.  According to the Minister, the lofty achievements recorded in a the nation’s aviation sector wouldn’t have been possible without the commitment and personal sacrifices of employees in the different segments of the industry.  He particularly ascribes the near total achievement of the aviation roadmap to the understanding and cooperation of the workers and hopes that the remaining parts will be achieved within the short period before the handover to the incoming administration.  He restates the commitment of the Buhari administration to the continued improvement of the welfare of aviation workers through regular trainings, enhanced pay packages, provision of working tools and conducive work environments.  He further assures worke

Nigeria Air will begin operation before May 29 -Minister of Aviation

President Muhammed Buhari’s tenure ends on May 29. Answering questions from reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday, April 26, the Minister revealed that everything needed to begin operation is in place. Sirika said; “Nigeria Air Limited. I did say that we will get it going before the end of this administration and I’ve not withdrawn my words. We have everything in place – the aircraft, offices, operational centers, staffing and everything needed is in place. We’re doing the last minute checks and waiting for the issuance of the AOC and it will fly. “It will fly; it will be for the benefit of this country, for the size of population, the traveling public and what it does to the economy, especially to tourism, to African integration and to the AU Agenda 2063. It’s a very important project and I must do, it will happen before the end of our tenure in the next four weeks and two days.” Commenting on the recent strike embarked by a

'Zero Tension’ — Sirika Asks Tinubu To Prepare His Acceptance Speech

 Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, has asked Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to write his acceptance speech.  Sirika made the suggestion in a post on his official Twitter page on Monday.  “Notwithstanding the irritation in Lagos, Osun, Kano, Katsina, Yobe, Gombe and couple others, ‘President elect’ Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu should write his acceptance speech now,” he tweeted.  “But your Excellency please make it short, we will sleep early tonight. Zero tension. Alhamdulillah.”’ https://twitter.com/hadisirika/status/1630206779031166976?t=dLR9S52CBtr__Pe1Ti5tiA&s=19 Some states have announced the outcome of the presidential election, while others are being collated in offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the country. Although Tinubu has been announced the winner of the presidential election conducted in states such as Kwara, Ekiti, Ogun, and Osun, he lost in states including Kastina and Lagos.