By Dickson Omobola

The Federal Government has budgeted N105,953,496,365 to the aviation industry.

According to the 2025 budget sent to the National Assembly, N4 billion would also be refunded to the Kebbi State government for the construction of Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi.

The budget also showed that the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development intends to spend N5 billion for the construction of corporate headquarters building and staff accommodation for the staff of the ministry and its agencies.

A breakdown of the N106 billion appropriation bill for the ministry in 2025 showed that the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development would have N71,123,368,069, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, would get N9,819,554,829, the Ni­gerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, N7,975,364,319, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, N10,035,209,148 and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, was allocated N7,000,000,000.

Meanwhile, the federal government also intends to spend N3.6 billion to create NCAT annexes in five geopolitical zones: Akure (South-West), Osubi (South-South), Ebonyi (South-East), Ilorin (North Central) and Yola (North-East).