Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to be Closed for Six Weeks.

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The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway.

Speaking with Journalists in Abuja on Monday, Sirika said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstruction through the emergency procurement procedure for work to commence.

He said: “From start to finish of the runway, it will take six months. However, we will be using the runway almost throughout the period except for about six weeks when the runway will be closed. That is when we are going to do the mid-section of the runway. The government has accepted the design done by the contractor. The runway will last for than 10 years on completion early next year”.

Mr. Sirika said Abuja bound passengers from any part of the world will use Kaduna airport as alternative during the six weeks closure to passengers.