Abuja working to become West Africa’s conference capital — FCT Minister

The FCT Administration has said that one of the major benefits from its massive investments in the completion of ongoing projects would be the positioning of Abuja as a major conference hub not only in Nigeria but in Africa.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, gave this indication when he received members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) when the latter paid him a visit in Abuja.

Malam Bello described the Aviation sector as a significant agent in the economic development efforts of the present Administration.

He welcomed news of the International World Aviation Forum scheduled for Abuja for the 20thof November this year, assuring the delegation that the FCT Administration was ready to assist the Forum through provision of logistics support.

The minister expressed hope that the city would be better positioned to play a good host considering its ongoing efforts to complete critical infrastructural projects would ease that travel in and around the city.

Malam Bello applauded the rising profile of Nigeria’s representative in ICAO, Captain Nuhu Musa, who has risen to the position of Second Vice President of ICAO, saying, “You and Amina Mohammed (the Deputy Secretary General of the UN) represent the highest level of international technocrats we have in Africa currently.”

Leader of the delegation, the Minister of State Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said the body just rose from a symposium on drones held in Abuja to pay a courtesy call on the host Minister. He said the symposium was a dress rehearsal for the bigger event - the International World Aviation Forum, scheduled for Abuja from the 20th of November 2017.