The Federal Executive Council FEC has approved the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja for six weeks to enable repair works on the runway which is said to be dysfunctional.

This was disclosed by the Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, to State House correspondents after the first council meeting of the year which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said that the federal government will also be spending over one billion Naira to complete the Kaduna airport terminal building, a project that had been abandoned for some time.

Also the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Danbazzau disclosed that the Federal Executive Council approved over 4 billion Naira for the purchase of fire fighting equipment to enable firemen in the country perform their functions well.