The federal government has dismissed attempts to link the re-modelling of Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano to alleged low passengers' traffic at the airport, saying the present security situation in the city was responsible.
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A newspaper report had alleged that since the remodelling of the airport, the facility had been lying dormant.
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But reacting to the report, General manager, Corporate Communications of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, said the transformation of the airport ought to open it to floodgate of patronage and not the other way round.
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According to him, the low level passengers' traffic into the airport can be traced easily to the security situation in Kano, fuelled by the activities of the fundamentalist Islamic group, Boko Haram.
Insecurity is really sad I must confess, I really feel things really has to change according to that. Very hillarious...