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FAAN reverses no-fly order to Kebbi airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria says it has reversed plan to shut down operations at the Kebbi Airport following earlier reports of the state government being indebted to the authority.

General Manager, Corporate Affairs at FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday.

According to Yakubu, the Notice to Airmen issued by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency to bar airlines from flying into Kebbi Airport had been removed after the state government settled its outstanding debt alleged to be N33m to the agency.

She said, “The NOTAM that was issued has been lifted. The (Kebbi) state government settled their debt as of yesterday. Flights can now resume activities into the airport.”

This was not the first time the state’s airport has been placed under a flight embargo.

In 2019, the FAAN withdrew its aviation security and aerodrome rescue and fire-fighting personnel from the Kebbi airport after it said that the state was indebted to the agency to the tune of N124.5m.

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