The airport was shut down on March 8 by the government due to the need to repair a damaged runway.

“Nobody has extended anything on the Abuja airport runway reopening deadline; our six weeks is six weeks,” he said.

“I believe we took the right decision and I am very comfortable we will achieve the six weeks target.  I will resign if we don’t meet the deadline.

“Minna is closer to Abuja, but Kaduna has a straight road where Minna doesn’t. Kaduna has the facilities; it has enough hotels. It was the capital of Northern Nigeria and it hosted the world cup. And that was why we opted for Kaduna instead of Minna, Jos or Kano airports,” he added.

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Sirika also said the new runway would last for the next 10 years before it would need repairs.