ADC Criticises Lagos Airport Renovation Cost

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to allocate over ₦712 billion for the renovation of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

In a statement on Sunday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, described the move as extravagant and a misplaced priority.

The renovation project was approved by President Bola Tinubu during the latest Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund.

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Management, Festus Keyamo, who announced the approval, said this would be the first major upgrade of the airport’s old terminal since its construction.

Reacting to the development, the ADC questioned whether the project and its cost were cleared by the National Assembly, calling the decision reckless and disconnected from the economic realities facing ordinary Nigerians.

“The African Democratic Congress strongly condemns the outrageous ₦712 billion airport renovation project announced by the Tinubu administration as another brazen act of fiscal recklessness and official insensitivity, which further confirms how far this APC government is removed from the reality of the suffering people of Nigeria,” the statement read.