Tinubu’s N100.5bn Airport Refund Plan Faces Criticism From Aviation Experts
Aviation experts have faulted the Federal Government’s plan to pay Yobe State N100.5bn as reimbursement for building the Muhammadu Buhari International Cargo Airport in Damaturu, calling the move unjustified.
The experts expressed their concerns in separate interviews, questioning the economic sense, high cost, and management of airports owned by state governments.
According to them, while states are free to build airports, such projects should be driven by clear economic goals, realistic passenger projections, and a sustainable plan to run them, not by the hope that the Federal Government will later refund the cost.
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday requested Senate approval for a N100.5bn promissory note programme to reimburse Yobe State for the airport project.
