Ongoing renovation works are seen at the terminal building of the airport in Kaduna, Nigeria on January 10, 2017. Kaduna airport handled 12 flights in December 2015, the last month for which Nigeria's airports authority has figures, compared with 812 that used Abuja. "If the government says it will be ready, it will be ready," Mohammed Joji, chairman of a government-appointed committee that is overseeing the temporary airport closure and transition, said last week. The temporary closure of Abuja's airport has been criticised by aviation labour unions, business leaders and diplomats. "Some businesses will fold up and be unable to recover," said three Nigerian aviation unions in an open letter, adding that the country's aviation industry "will lose colossal sums of money".

Source: Bangkok Post January 18, 2017 03:53 UTC