Bigenimana at the UN Air Service Terminal in Muhammadu Buhari International Airport, Maiduguri. Photo: Isah Ojo
The United Nations World Food Programme has unveiled a humanitarian air service terminal at the Muhammadu Buhari International Airport Maiduguri to enhance the movement of people and humanitarian supplies to locations that can not be accessed by road in the North East.
The 3.4 million dollars terminal was constructed with funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and the United Nations World Food Programme, through the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service.
Speaking during the unveiling on Thursday in Maiduguri, the Northeast Nigeria, Head of Area Office, United Nations World Food Programme, Emmanuel Bigenimana, said air services are an integral part of the humanitarian response that enables quick and safe delivery of assistance when and where they are needed most.
“Today marks the completion of an important investment in the aviation infrastructure that enables humanitarian access across northeast Nigeria.
