The House of Representatives has directed the Ministry of Aviation to suspend its plans to concession four Federal Airports pending the resolution of the contentious issues raised by the unions and other Stakeholders.

Recall that the federal government recently announced that it has commenced the concession process for four new International Airport Terminals including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano.

But the House committee on Aviation on Monday the directed the Ministry to Halt the action following the refusal of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika to appear before it and give comprehensive explanations on controversial areas pointed out by the aviation union.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Hassan Musa, had told the committee that the minister could not make it because he was attending a public hearing on a Bill at the Senate.

But his excuse did not go down well with members of the committee who said the minister deliberately refused to appear despite the seriousness of the issue at hand.

The visibly dissapointed lawmakers also said the minister, despite being a former member of the National Assembly has no regard for the committee.

The committee therefore resolved to suspend all actions concerning the concession plan until the minister appears before it to give detailed explanations.

The Chairman of the committee, Reps. Nnolim Nnaji (PDP, Enugu), said everybody was aware of the terrible impact of Covid-19 on the Aviation sector, which according to him will take a while for the industry to recover — hence, the need for the committee to strive to do whatever is necessary to help stabilise the sector..