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Delta to spend N7.4b on Asaba Airport in just 10 Days

By on April 11, 2012

The Delta State government on Tuesday said it has approved the contract for the demolition of hills surrounding the Asaba Airport to allow for bigger aircrafts to land.
Commissioner for Economic Planning, Kenneth Okpara, who briefed journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting, stated that the contract was initially awarded to one firm at the sum of N7.4 billion.
He said the contract amount was not reviewed but was broken down into three to accommodate the three contracting firms including ULO Consultants, Levante Construction Limited and CCC Construction Nigeria Limited, now handling the project.
Okpara stated that the demolition of the hills became necessary so that “special and bigger” aircrafts can start landing before the commencement of the South-south Economic Summit scheduled for April ending.
“The President is coming to the summit and we want him to land here in Asaba and not in Benin,” he stated, adding that “we have just ten days to put the airport in proper shape because that is one of the conditions given by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) for bigger aircrafts to land.”
The commissioner told journalists that the new arrangement was “a matter of government being proactive and to ensure that things move on properly.”