The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has met with his counterparts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Foreign Affairs Ministries.
In a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday night, Keyamo said he met with Nyesom Wike and Yusuf Maitama Tuggar.
They met to resolve issues involving their ministries.
Issues To Resolve
The aviation minister said he met with Wike to jointly work to resolve the issue of the FCT indigenes who need to be compensated and relocated.
According to him, this needs to be done before the construction of the 2nd runway at the Abuja airport can commence in earnest.
The Aviation Minister confirmed that they were presently making progress on these issues.
To him, solutions will be provided in the shortest possible time.
The Meeting
“Earlier today, I met my counterparts in the FCT and Foreign Affairs Ministries to jointly resolve issues involving our Ministries.
“The first is to jointly work with the FCT Ministry to resolve the issue of the FCT indigenes who need to be compensated and relocated before the construction of the 2nd runway at the Abuja airport can commence in earnest.
“The contractors have been mobilised to move to the site.
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“The second is to work with the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
“We will resolve the issue of the resumption of Emirates Airline flights to Dubai/UAE.
“And the related issue of resumption of issuance of Dubai visas to Nigerians.”
“We are presently making progress on these issues.”
