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In 1985, the MPR was carved out of NNOC while NNPC remains. In the same year, the PI was moved back to the MPR. The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021 established the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) replacing the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR).
It is directly responsible for overseeing air transportation, airport development and maintenance, provision of aviation infrastructural services and other needs. The ministry is headed by a Minister appointed by the President , assisted by a Permanent Secretary, who is a career civil servant . [ 3 ]
In the beginning, Petroleum matters were handled by the Hydrocarbon Section of the Ministry of Lagos Affairs, which reported directly to the Governor-general. The Unit delivered responsibilities such as: keeping records on exploration matters, and importation of petroleum products; enforcing safety and other regulations on matters which were then mostly products importation and distribution ...
The new International terminal was commissioned by the executive president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 October 2018. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third-busiest airport in Nigeria [5]. The manager of the Port Harcourt international airport is Mrs Ifesinachi Ezike. [6]
Its head office (Corporate Headquarters) is located on the grounds of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the national capital of Nigeria, Abuja. [4] It has regional offices in the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja Lagos State, also acting as the Operational Headquarters of the agency, Port Harcourt International Airport in Port Harcourt, and in Kano.
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and a private company signed a contract on May 9, 2023, to hire over 14,000 experienced personnel to transform Akure cargo airport into Aerotropoli City in the state. According to reports, the project, which will cost 56 billion naira, is the first of its sort in sub-Saharan Africa. [11]
Port Harcourt City Airport (IATA: PHG) is a military airport serving Port Harcourt NAF Base and various other aviation companies in Nigeria. The Port Harcourt non-directional beacon (Ident: PH ) is located on the field.
Margaret Ekpo International Airport (IATA: CBQ, ICAO: DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo , who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists.