{"id":145104,"date":"2024-10-15T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=145104"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:17:52","slug":"fg-reveals-date-for-commencing-international-operations-at-maiduguri-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=145104","title":{"rendered":"FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the Muhammadu Buhari Airport in Maiduguri, Borno State, will officially commence international operations on January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Keyamo confirmed that preparations for the airport\u2019s upgrade have been finalised, and relevant government agencies have been informed of the impending launch.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He stated this during a visit to the ministry\u2019s headquarters in Abuja by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The minister expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for approving the airport\u2019s upgrade, noting that the North-East subregion is currently the only geopolitical zone in Nigeria without a fully operational international airport.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe establishment of an international airport in Maiduguri is strategic for accommodating international flights from the Middle East. It has the capacity, population, and infrastructure necessary to support an international airport,\u201d Keyamo said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Governor Zulum said the upgraded airport has the potential to drive economic growth and enhance connectivity throughout the subregion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAs the chairman of the Northeast Governors\u2019 Forum, I assure you of the political will needed to ensure the successful implementation of this significant initiative,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Zulum was accompanied by several notable figures, including senators Mohammed Ali Ndume, Mohammed Tahir Monguno, and Kaka Shehu Lawan, as well as Borno APC Chairman Hon. Bello Ayuba and Deputy Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly Engr Abdullahi Musa Askira, along with other senior government officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the Muhammadu Buhari Airport in Maiduguri, Borno State, will officially commence international operations on January 1, 2025. Keyamo confirmed that preparations for the airport\u2019s upgrade have been finalised, and relevant government agencies have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[818,820,817,294,819],"class_list":["post-145104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-news","tag-airport","tag-keyamo","tag-maiduguri","tag-muhammad-buhari","tag-zulum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FG reveals date for commencing FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport at Maiduguri airport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=145104\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FG reveals date for commencing international operations at Maiduguri airport - 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