NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
The Director-General,Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority {NCAA},Mr Usman Muktar,says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja,runway is ready for operation and can be opened on wednesday.''We have carried out the inspection and we have confirmed that the job has been done quite satisfactorrily in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation {ICAO} standard and recommended practices.So,the airport,the runway is very ready to accept flight operations safely.By this,we are declaring that the airport and its runway are quite operational at the time that has been determined as the official opening of this airport,'' he declared.Muktar said that the agency had already issued ''Notice to Airmeen {NOTAM}'' to all aviators worldwwide that the airport was ready for reopening Wednesday as scheduled. Earlier on Managing Director Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria,FAAN,Engr. Saleh Dunoma over the weekend declared that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,Abuja runway will today be ready for inspection by Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,NCAA,and if certified okay by the regulatory authority,will be reopen for flight operations.This is two clear days before the reopening date of 19th April of the runway for air traffic.Dunoma who made this declaration after inspecting the runway said; ''We will be ready by Monday,April 17 but we are leaving the remaining two days for Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,NCAA,because they have to certify that what we have done is in accordance with their standards.If they do that,we will bring in the traffic.But if they do not,we have the opportunity of making corrections within the two days we have saved.No doubt about that,we will open it as scheduled.Just as I have said,we worked with NCAA throughout the period,they have been making corrections.But for formality,we need to make sure that all the necessary corrections meet the requirement of the civil aviation authority.All the critical items of work are 100% except may be two items,which are the markings and the cleaning.Other critical item which is not works but the inspection and certification will bring in traffic back to Abuja.Asphalt work is 100%,markings have reached almost 70%,the airfield lighting system has reached 80%.There is additional work which has nothing to do with this repair but we are seizing the opportunity of the closure of the airport to do it.This has to do with the APEX {Airport Excellence in Safety} re;lated items.We are now levelling all the airfield lightings locations,all the installations and flash ith the ground surface.In case of any skidding,there will not be concrete projection above the ground surface,'' Dunoma said.One more photo below.
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