FG to give Abuja airport to private operator

The Federal Government is set to concede the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to a private sector operator.

The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, disclosed this at a ceremony to mark the Privatisation Day at the ongoing Abuja International Trade Fair.

Dikki said rather than sell the airport outright, it could be given to a private sector operator to manage for a period of 15 or 20 years.

The transaction, he said, would be subject to the consideration of the BPE steering committee, adding that the privatisation agency would soon engage the Ministry of Aviation towards achieving the goal.

The BPE boss listed other activities that could be carried out this year to include the concession of river channels and railway tracks as well as the development of a framework for the concession of federal roads.

Others are the establishment of some regulatory agencies and the privatisation of Skypower Catering Services Limited, subject to the consideration of the steering committee.