Nigeria: Halt Airports Concessions, House Directs Aviation Minister

24 November 2016

The House of Representatives has directed the Minister of State forAviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, to halt the planned concession of four international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano.

This is as it called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the alleged diversion of the 120 billion aviation intervention fund provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2012.

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