GOOD NEWS! No more power outages at airports as FG provides alternative electricity

- The challenge of power failure at airports across the country would be addressed with the 2017 budget

- This is the submission of the minister of state for aviation, Captain Hadi Sirika

- The budget has provision for alternative electricity power supply

The challenge of power failure at airports across the country would be addressed with the 2017 budget.

This was the submission of the minister of state for aviation, Captain Hadi Sirika yesterday, January 8, Thisday reports.

According to the minister, the 2017 Budget has provision for alternative electricity power supply, should there be failure from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the airports.

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He made the disclosure after inspecting the ongoing international terminal building works at the Mallam Aminu Kano airport in Kano.

He however admitted that there were power challenges across the airports in 2016, because there was no provision for power in 2016 budget.

His words: “Here in Kano, we have three standby generators in good condition, so should there be failure, the alternative power will come on.”

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), he added, was prepared this year to ensure that there is no power failure in our airports.

Speaking on the completion of the five new terminals awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), for $500 million, Sirika acknowledged that work was at advanced stage and nearing completion, adding that the job done looks a good one.

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Meanwhile, Nigeria is targeting the opportunity to join the list of countries producing air crafts as the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is set to establish an Aviation University.

Sirika confirmed this plan when he toured the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna state on Saturday, January 7.