President Muhammadu Buhari stated on Wednesday that the terminal of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu will be delayed.
He said this was as a result of the reduction in the cost of the repair by 75 percent.
The President disclosed this on his official Twitter handle, following the signing of the 2018 budget in Abuja.
He tweeted, “The provision for construction of the terminal building at the Enugu airport was cut from N2bn to N500m, which will further delay the completion of this critical project.”
The Federal Government had a few years ago, decided to give the Enugu airport a facelift, with modern facilities to attract more flights, following its upgrade to an international airport.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, had said during a recent facility tour of the airport that when modernised, it would attract multi-billion naira investments in Enugu State.
However, since the project commenced, no definite completion date has been set for the terminal’s completion.
