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Pressure mounts on FG to reopen international wing of Kano airport

The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja have since September been reopened for international flights. The government’s promise that other international airports, like MAKIA and the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) would be subsequently reopened have remained unfulfilled. Months later, travellers have been complaining that they have to go to Lagos or Abuja to board a flight that would normally come to Kano. This development means spending more money for travellers while other businesses like hotels and the likes that depend on the airport have been adversely affected in Nigeria’s centre of commerce.

Daily Trust - How Kano is becoming Nigeria s rice milling hub

This triggered a revolution in the sector; hence the increase in rice milling in Kano. One of the mega rice mills in Kano From 2015 to 2020, no fewer than 230 micro, small, medium and large rice mills have emerged. A lot of the existing ones have also been upgrading their capacities. In places like Kura, Gezawa, Bunkure, Garun Malam and Tudun Wada local government areas of the state, it is common to see a cluster of small-scale rice millers doing business. New mega rice mills with thousands of metric tons per month capacity are also on the increase. The recent one has a 160-ton-per-day capacity. It is the first mega rice mill owned by a woman in Kano State.

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