President Buhari beams his searchlight on aviation sector.

Murtala Muhammed Int'l Airport

President, Muhammadu Buhari, has expressed concern over the aviation sector's huge debt profile expressing his administration's determination to remedy the situation.

In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Femi Adesina, President Buhari stressed that the Federal Government had to do something quickly about the debt profile of the aviation sector, as the development had direct impact on safety, security and international respect.

“Our airports are the windows through which people see our country. Anybody coming into the country will likely come through the airports.

“If we cannot secure and maintain our infrastructure, it will reflect very badly on us,” President Buhari said.

He also directed the Ministry of Aviation to speed up all processes and projects relating to the safety and security of Nigeria’s air transport system after the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation, Mrs. Binta Bello briefed him.

The President further directed that the 2016 budget capture counterpart funding for the upgrading of the international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu.