Niger State Government has promised N5 billion as seed for the construction of classrooms and hostels to facilitate the reactivation of the aviation mini campus at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport in Minna.
Farmer Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago disclosed this when he received the management of the Nigerian College of Aviation Zaria on a visit at the International Airport in Minna.
He said the project, when completed, would cut down travel expenses incurred in sending children abroad to study aviation-related courses.
The farmer governor appreciated the team for the visit, saying his administration remains desirous to make the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport Minna a hub in aviation and agriculture.
Earlier, the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Zaria, Dr Danjuma Adamu Ismail commended the farmer governor for remodelling the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport in Minna to a global standard.
He said the College of Aviation has a long-standing relationship with the Niger State government, which resulted in having a mini campus at the airport and running some programmes.
The Rector said reviving the campus will strengthen the partnership with the state government and will be of significant impact, especially in terms of personnel training, but also in expertise in agro-aviation business, among others.
He noted that the College of Aviation, which was established in 1964, has since expanded and now has six schools, including flight, air traffic controllers, aeronautical telecommunications engineering, airport emergency and training, as well as Aircraft Aviation Management School.
The team from the College of Aviation was taken round to inspect the aviation fuel depot and the housing unit along the airport, which the farmer governor disclosed will be demolished to pave the way for a more enhanced housing unit to address the housing deficit.
