The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace management, Festus Keyamo has revealed that five Nigeria Airports are set for concession.
He disclosed this on Monday while receiving the Regional Vice President Africa and Middle east of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Kamil Awdhi, at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
Keyamo said the airports are: Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Murtala Muhammed International airport, Lagos, Port Harcourt International airport, Aminu Kano International Airport, and Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu.
The minister said the level of infrastructure decay within the aviation industry calls for urgent action, adding that going by the geographical location, Nigeria is the aviation hub for Africa and the world at large.
He called for investors to avail themselves of the opportunity that Nigeria aviation industry is ripped for both local and foreign investors.
He appealed to IATA to speak to other investors that President Bola Tinubu-led government is paying huge sacrifice to reposition Nigeria aviation industry to a global standard.
He stated that with the coming back of Italian Airline and United Arab Emirate, the Nigeria aviation sector is about to wear a new look and the government was putting a lot in place to open the market for all operators.
Speaking, Awdhi said the essence of the visit was to make their interest known that they are willing to offer advisory role to Nigeria in the concession process.
He said Nigeria is a big market that no investor can afford to look away and promised that IATA as an Advisor has no financial cost to Nigeria.