adedayourt:
Reiterating the need to conceed national property to private sector for efficiency and profitability.
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Which implies the fact that all government officials in the aviation sector are dumb heads.

If dey cannot manage the aviation profitably, how can dey manage the country.

Rubbish

Igboho100:


Stylishly selling off our national heritages right in front of our eyes...

GavelSlam:


Heathrow - privately managed.

Schiphol - Privately managed

JFK - Privately managed by the Schiphol group.

Frankfurt - Privately managed.

You guys just come online to vent your spleen.

adedayourt:


U not happy with my opinion?
Go jump into d lagoon

Originalsly:


Stylishly?....that's blatantly.... and yet....sooo many would call it a welcomed development. Funded by the Chinese....they fund anything...but...what do they want in return? That is always kept a secret. I'm almost sure that to control and eventually own the airport is part of the deal. Travelers would be paying through the nose....since the airport would be run for profit....no longer a service. Foreign investors...let's boast that we are best at attracting them..... two generations later we would be wondering why we are second class citizens in our own land.

GavelSlam:


Brisbane airport, Australia managed by Schiphol, a Dutch company.

JFK airport Terminal 4, America managed by same Schiphol group.

This is global best practice in aviation.

What exactly do you guys get angry about?

Originalsly:


No doubt.....add shipping ports to the above.... also add buildings....all managed....managed by private firms......not concessioned/leased.

GavelSlam:


Your opinion is borne out of ignorance.

Anyone can have an opinion, but selling ignorance in public space is for the daft.

adedayourt:


You still avnt jumped into the lagoon

GavelSlam:


No I haven't and won't.

Certainly, not because of an ignoramus like you.

The society would be better off without your kind.

GavelSlam:


You think they are managed on a day to day basis?

JFK is concessioned.

Same for Heathrow.

At the end, it's obvious you are looking for something negative to say even as it is global best practice.

Get off your negativity and support government make the country better.

Originalsly:


Really?....concessioned to whom?...JFK is run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.... like the tunnels....policed by Port Authority....not concessioned. That's a public airport.... not allowed to make a profit.

18Ebiscoo:
The Federal

However, this does not imply ceding its assets entirely to the private sector as the designated airports would be handed to the concessionaire for a maximum of 30 years.

Originalsly:
@Gavelslam....

Jet Blue is not in control of JFK...neither is Delta or British Airways all having their own Terminals at JFK....they are tenants. JFK is not handed to any of them. In this case, Abuja airport is being upgraded...then handed over to the concessionaire. Is this international best practice? That's where I'm having a problem.

GavelSlam:



I think you should accept what is done globally and actually works.


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Originalsly:


No doubt. ..privitisation does happen.....if not mistaken I think even Royal Mail is private....but when it does...the FG does not pump money into public property then hand it over to a private entity.That's the difference here. And privitisation of public property works for whom?...the small man suffers even more if the FG does not have cost controls. This one is boasting about the ROI.....that's a hint on what is toncome.

18Ebiscoo:
The Federal Government reiterated its resolve to concession major international airports in the country to ensure they are run efficiently and profitably.

However, this does not imply ceding its assets entirely to the private sector as the designated airports would be handed to the concessionaire for a maximum of 30 years.

Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this on Friday during the Grand opening of the Legend Hotel Lagos Airport Curio Collection by Hilton where he disclosed that the new terminals in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport would be opened by the end of October this year.

The opening of the state of the art Hotel which had the President of Hilton Worldwide, Christopher Nasette in attendance also attracted the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Managing Director of Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe, Chairman of Oando, Mr. Wale Tinubu, among others.

Dangote who hailed the aesthetics and the architectural masterpiece of the new Hotel located within the premises of private terminal facility of Quits Aviation challenged the Federal Government to replicate such structures at all the nation’s international airports.

But the Minister in his response said the Federal Government would spend huge sum of money in improving infrastructures at the airports especially the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, adding that two of the newly constructed terminals (Abuja and Port Harcourt funded by the China Exim Bank would be opened for operations by the end of October, adding that the two others in Lagos and Kano would follow suit.

Sirika said while many Nigerians have taken to the social media celebrating the new terminal in Kotoka International Airport, Ghana, the facility is a child’s play compared to the new terminals to be commissioned in Nigeria soon.

The Minister, however, disclosed that the terminals would be concessioned for a period of 25-30 years to enable the private sector run them profitably while providing first-class services to Nigerian air travellers and foreigners.

The Minister lauded the CEO of Quits Aviation, Mr. Sam Iwuajoku for bringing the Hilton brand to Nigeria and assured him and potential investors of government’s support, saying Nigeria is the best place to be for investments as the rate of return has been discovered to be 24 per cent.

He said, “This (The Hotel) is unique not only because it is 10 steps to aircraft but because there is nothing like this in the continent of Africa and I believe this is the beginning of the journey of the investments of private sector into aviation to achieve the kind of aviation that we need in this country.

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/10/fg-approves-concession-of-lagos-abuja.html