Federal Govt Approves N2.2bn For Port Harcourt Airport Communication Equipment

Federal government has approved the sum of N2.2 billion to procure some navigational communication equipment for Port Harcourt International Airport.

The minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the federal executive council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.

According to him, the equipment to be procured is mainly for communication and is called remote assets devices and other accessories to be used for the wide-area multilateral air traffic management system.

He said, “The second memo has to do with some navigational equipment at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The communication equipment. They call them the VHF FM radios, remote assets, devices and other accessories for the wide area multilateration air traffic management system at Port Harcourt.”

Keyamo explained that this will focus on the optic part of the aviation industry, facilitating more travellers’ safety.

“So we are purchasing this equipment for topcoats international airports at the sum of N2,227,000,007 Naira inclusive of 7.5 per cent VAT with a delivery period of nine months and it has been awarded in favour of a company that is the representative of one of the best companies in the world that produce such navigation communication equipment for the aviation sector.

The minister added that the procurement of the equipment would be done within nine months and has been awarded in favour of a renowned company that produces such communication navigation equipment in the aviation sector