Over N12billion was spent on purchasing 10 firefighting trucks — Minister of Aviation, Hadid Sirika, says

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has said he spent the sum of 12 billion Naira to acquire 10 firefighting trucks in Nigeria Airports.

Sirika disclosed on Sunday, April 2, that he commissioned ten firefighting trucks for the Federal Airports Authority, FAAN.

In his post shared on Twitter, Sirika revealed that FAAN had not bought firefighting trucks in 15 years.

He tweeted: “Just commissioned 10 Firefighting trucks, total cost of over 12Bn Naira. More to come in due course. Safety has been the Buhari focus in Aviation, since 2015. Hitherto FAAN has not bought new trucks in 15 years.”