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Festus Keyamo, has revoked the contract for the 2nd runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
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This was due to an outrageous contract variation request of N532 billion from the original sum of N90 billion.
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The contractor had received N30 billion and joined the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has revealed how he rejected an outrageous contract variation of N532 billion from the original sum of N90 billion for the 2nd runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Keyamo made the disclosure when he appeared before the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, stating that the Ministry has since revoked the contract to pave the way for fresh bidding.
According to Keyamo, the contractor had received N30 billion and joined the Federal Capital Territory Administration to compensate settlers on the affected land but left the site, demanding a contract variation that he described as “nothing but fraud”.
He emphasized that all efforts to get the contractor back to the site proved abortive due to the unacceptable contract variation being demanded.
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Keyamo presented a 2025 budgetary proposal of N71.13 billion to the committee, with N69.2 billion earmarked for capital projects, N1.147 billion for personnel cost, and N745.7 million for overhead.
However, the joint committee chairman, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, requested full details on the state of 124 projects being executed by the Ministry for approval of the budget proposal.
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Keyamo made this known during an interview on ‘This Morning’ programme on Arise News.
