N712bn Lagos airport upgrade misplaced priority — ADC

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The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led administration over its plan to spend more than ₦712 billion on renovating the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, described the expenditure as extravagant and a misplaced priority.

PUNCH Online reports that Tinubu, at Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting, approved ₦712.3 billion for the upgrade of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Management, Festus Keyamo, announced the approval after the Federal Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Thursday.

Keyamo said this will be the first major rehabilitation of the airport’s old terminal since its construction.

In its reaction, the ADC questioned whether the renovation project and its cost were approved by the National Assembly, labelling the spending as reckless and insensitive.

The party stated, “The African Democratic Congress strongly condemns the outrageous ₦712 billion airport renovation project announced by the Tinubu administration as another brazen act of fiscal recklessness and official insensitivity, which further confirms how far this APC government is removed from the reality of the suffering people of Nigeria. Punch