LABOUR IS SAFE WITH AIRPORT CONCESSIONS- SIRIKA… Discloses Preferred Bidders For 3 Airports
Oru Leonard
The minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, the Labour Union is safe with the on going concession airport deals. he noted that the organised labour has been part of all the negotiations that has happened and will still be part of future negotiations.
He also said no Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) official will lose their jobs.
Sirika who stated this at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday when he disclosed the preferred bidders for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano.
“The Federal Ministry of Aviation, {n line with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (establishment, etc.) Act, 2005, and global best practice, hereby informs all stakeholders, local and international, development partners, and members of the media, that the Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of the Nigeria Airports Concession Programme (NACP), which came to a clase on the 19* of September 2022 has seen the emergence of preferred and reserve bidders for three (3) out of four (4) Airports and Cargo Terminals as approved for concession under the programme”, he explained.
He then announced that “the preferred bidder for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, is Corporacion America Airports Consortium. ENL Consortium has also been selected as the reserve bidder for NAIA. ”
“The preferred bidder for Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, is TAV/NAHCO/PROJECT PLANET LIMITED(PPL) Consortium. Sifax/Changi Consortium has also been selected as the reserve bidder for MMIA”
“The preferred bidder for Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, is Corporacion America Airports Consortium. There are no reserve bidders for MAKIA as at the time of this announcement.”
He said that for the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Port Harcourt, the ministry did not receive any proposals as of the RFP deadline close and as such has not had preferred and reserve bidders attached to it.
He said the next stage of the programme is the negotiations and due diligence stage, during which the Federal Government will invite preferred bidders to enter detailed negotiations with its representatives, with a view to developing a Full Business Case (FBC) before onward transmission to ICRC for review and approval.
“Only after successful conclusion of the negotiation and due diligence stage will the FBC and all other approvals be presented before the Federal Executive Council for final approval by the Federal Government of Nigeria” he concluded.
