The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has stated that the ongoing construction at five major international airports would make the country the hub of aviation in Africa, when completed in 2016.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday, September 5, in Lagos after an Annual General Assembly Conference and Exhibition of the Airport Council International (ACI) in Panama.

The statement quoted the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, as saying that the terminals which were being constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) are in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port- Harcourt and Enugu.

Dunoma said that the airports would improve passenger comfort and drive robust traffic growth in passenger and cargo traffic in Africa, when completed.

He also assured that necessary infrastructure would be made available at the five airports to ensure it attained global standards.