The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government spent a whopping sum of N12 billion to acquire 10 firefighting trucks for various airports in the country.
Sirika made the disclosure in a tweet via his official Twitter handle on Sunday.
The minister stated that he commissioned the ten firefighting trucks for the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), adding that the agency had not bought firefighting trucks in 15 years.
He tweeted: “Just commissioned 10 Firefighting trucks, the total cost of over 12Bn Naira. More to come in due course. Safety has been the Buhari focus in Aviation since 2015. Hitherto, FAAN has not bought new trucks in 15 years.”
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