Tuggar, Keyamo and Wike meets in Abuja.
Earlier today, the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development of Nigeria met with his counterparts in the FCT, H.E. Nyesom Wike, and the Foreign Affairs Ministry, H.E. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, to jointly resolve issues involving our ministries.
According to Festus Keyamo, 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 second runway at the Abuja airport can commence in earnest.
He said that the contractors have been mobilised to move to the site. The second is to work with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to resolve the issue of the resumption of Emirates Airline flights to Dubai/UAE and the related issue of the resumption of the issuance of Dubai visas to Nigerians.
They are presently making progress on these issues. He further added: