A NEW lease of life awaits passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos as the Federal Government is set to boost power supply to the airport.

The government has awarded a contract for the procurement of a new generator valued at about N1 billion for the airport. The Minister of Aviation, Mr. Babatunde Omotoba, said recently in Lagos that the existing generator at the airport could no longer cope with the energy demand of the airport.

According to him, the generator was procured more than 30 years ago for the airport, which is the busiest in the country. He decried the poor condition of some facilities at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, blaming the occasional outages at the airport on the old generator.

He said a significant proportion of the resources of his ministry, parastatals and agencies under him was committed to the provision of modern equipment in 2009, while the focus for the incoming year would be the provision of infrastructure.

He said there was a remarkable improvement in the aviation industry now in terms of safety, as his ministry spent 70 per cent of its budget in 2009 in providing necessary equipment.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/19122009/news/news5.html

ichommy:

A NEW lease of life awaits passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos as the Federal Government is set to boost power supply to the airport.

The government has awarded a contract for the procurement of a new generator valued at about N1 billion for the airport.


According to him, the generator was procured more than 30 years ago for the airport, which is the busiest in the country. He decried the poor condition of some facilities at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, blaming the occasional outages at the airport on the old generator.

He said there was a remarkable improvement in the aviation industry now in terms of safety, as his ministry spent 70 per cent of its budget in 2009 in providing necessary equipment.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/19122009/news/news5.html

You have access to one billion naira and you choose to spend that money on a generator rather than a more reliable source? how much will it cost to FUEL that generator each year? let me guess, at least another 1 billion? Aaaaarrrrggghh!!!

Waoh . . . . .
Hpw much will it cost to actually find better ways to generate the power and make it constant at the port?
What a real good ways of wasting money.
I think we need some afghanistans to show us how to generate the light in that place.

Wind or power together with a well planned backup would provide a cheaper and more reliable solution.

Almost any other option will be better than this kinda waste of money.

Minister for Aviation is hungry. The man must chop!

You know! N1bn generator- Na which company produce that one

Whahaha Nigeria Government will never cease to amuse the masses, let the drama continue *rubbish*

I laugh in Ogogorodua!!!
Next thing Nigerians would be hearing is
gas from the generator spilled off
and fire ignited and killed everyone in the Airport.