The Senate on Thursday moved against the concessioning of all airports in the country by former President Muhammadu Buhari for “peanut” .
Senator Adamu Ailero, who seconded the motion, and Senator Ali Ndume condemned the last administration’s Federal Executive Council for failing to do due diligence before concessioning all the country’s airports.
Ailero said that the concessioning was hurriedly done towards the end of Buhari’s administration, adding that it was done in a dubious manner
Some of the Airports concessioned were Malam Aminu Kano Airport, Kano; Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Enugu; Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos; and Port Harcourt Airport, Rivers State.
In his remarks, the Deputy Senate President, Senator Jubril Barau, who presided over the plenary session, applauded the sponsor of the motion, Senator Kawu, for bringing the issue to the attention of the Senate.
Barau added that there was nothing wrong in concessioning because that what is being done across the globe, citing the concessioning of Heathrow Airport, which is being managed by a Nigerian in the United Kingdom, but that the process must be transparent.
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