Senate committee on Aviation investigating the EAS aircraft crash in Kano
has indicted the executive arm of government for the poor condition of
airports in the country.
Addressing a press conference at the end of its sitting in Kano, the
chairman of the committee, Senator Idris Kuta, said over N1 billion was
approved by the National Assembly in the 2000 Budget for the rehabilitation
of Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt airports, but regretted that the work only
commenced this year after pressure from concerned authorities.
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