BOTHERED with the safety of air travel, the Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba, has disclosed that the contract for the construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja will be awarded this month, September 2009, According to him “the financial bids on the project have been submitted finally on August 24 and we expect that that project will be awarded in September.
It is taking so long because this is a technical project and you have to give at least four to five months to the contractors to submit their financial bids.”