The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced that some airports in the country which were closed down in 2020 as part of efforts to curtail the spread of COVID-19, will be reopened in April and May.
Speaking at the press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday, March 15, Sirika said the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport would be reopened for international flights on April 5, 2021.
He said “The airports were shut down, like others across the world. We closed our airports as that was where the virus came into the country. We reopened some after many considerations with the other stakeholders. There were no ulterior motives for not reopening the Kano or other airports. There are processes to be followed”