The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has assured that the Kaduna International Airport will be fully ready for operations during the 6-week closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Sirika stated this while briefing newsmen during an inspection tour of the Airport on Friday in Kaduna.
He said that the existing 500 passenger capacity Hajj Terminal will be used with additional contingency plan in the event that the main terminal building under construction was not completed.
The minister also assured that the terminal building under construction which is at completion stage will meet the March 8 deadline.
He explained that the current arrangement was a “force majeure” in case the terminal building could not be completed before the six weeks period.
“From what we have seen including the tiling, the furniture and everything that is in place, the terminal building will be ready before the due date.
“But just in case like in aviation, we always provide for fail safe and redundant equipment, and we are ready for eventuality in case something may come up that we may not be able to resolve,” he said.
Sirika said the runway was in perfect shape with the age light marking and every part was ready for operation.
He said that the control tower had been built with the radio installed, adding that it will be ready in two or three weeks.
“Just in case that failed to be accomplished, there is the fire service watch tower and if that fails also, they have the mobile tower which is in Abuja that will be moved down during the period.
“You can see that in terms of preparedness and readiness of Kaduna airport to receive this task, the airport is ready,” he said.
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