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Members of the House of Representatives on Monday expressed worry over the speed of work on the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as they expressed fears that the rehabilitation exercise might not be completed on schedule.<\/p>\n

According to them, only 40 per cent of work on the runway has been completed since the rehabilitation process commenced three weeks ago, and wondered if the remaining portion would be ready in the next three weeks as planned.<\/p>

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The Abuja airport was closed to flight operations on March 8 this year in order to carry out repairs on its runway and taxi ways. The Kaduna International Airport has been serving as a temporary alternative to the NAIA. The Abuja airport runway rehabilitation is meant to last for six weeks and the target is that by April 19, the runway should have been ready for flight operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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