By Frank Momoh
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation has opened bidding both the establishment of both the Aviation Leasing Company and the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility.
Spokesperson for the ministry, Mr. James Odaudu, said attendance at the bidding process were officials of the Ministry of Aviation, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Federal Ministry of Finance, Aviation Labour Unions, Transaction Advisers and prospective investors.
According to him, at the end of the conferences, a consortium of A. J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air was shortlisted out of three for the Aviation Leasing Company.
For the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility, two (2) companies namely; A.J. Walters/Glovesly/Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines were shortlisted out of seven that expressed interest, he said.
Declaring the conferences open, he said the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics and Chairman of the Project Delivery Team, Alhaji Muhammad Shehu said the event marked another phase of the government’s determination to ensure the realization of the projects.
He also assured of a transparent process leading to the actualization of the projects which are being executed through public private Partnerships.
He said the cross-stakeholder representation at the conference underlined the government’s commitment to transparency.