{"id":72117,"date":"2025-08-05T14:49:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72117"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T14:49:54","slug":"keyamo-justifies-470m-lagos-airport-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/05\/keyamo-justifies-470m-lagos-airport-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyamo Justifies $470m Lagos Airport Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has defended the $470 million upgrade of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, calling it a strategic investment to boost Nigeria\u2019s economy and global image.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Arise Prime TV, Keyamo said the aviation sector is the \u201cface of the country\u201d and critical to attracting foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the renovation cost is modest compared to similar international projects, citing Angola\u2019s $3.5 billion, South Africa\u2019s $1.2 billion, and Ethiopia\u2019s $7.8 billion airport developments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just a building; we\u2019re constructing ring roads, two-level access roads, and installing smart technologies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister dismissed concerns about priority and urged Nigerians to judge the project\u2019s value.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized the poor state of the current airport, especially during high-traffic periods like \u201cDetty December,\u201d saying it undermines Nigeria\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has defended the $470 million upgrade of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, calling it a strategic investment to boost Nigeria\u2019s economy and global image. Speaking on Arise Prime TV, Keyamo said the aviation sector is the \u201cface of the country\u201d and critical to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1746],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-72117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-travel","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72119,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72117\/revisions\/72119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}