LAWMAKERS NOT DENIED LANDING AT AIRPORT – SENATOR JIMKUTA

The senator representing Taraba South at the National Assembly, David Jimkuta, Wednesday, denied media report claiming he said the aircraft conveying 18 senators, including Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, expected to grace the unveiling of his empowerment programme in his senatorial district in Taraba state were denied landing.

Senator Jimkuta, in a statement signed by Adi Useni on behalf of his media team, said the report was not true and misleading.

He stated that the record need to be set straight regarding reports circulating in the media about remarks Senator Jimkuta made on landing approval at Kashimbilla Airport.

He said at an interview with newsmen during his monumental empowerment programme in Wukari, Senator Jimkuta commended the Hon Minister of Aviation for working tirelessly to ensure that landing approval was granted as quickly as possible.

He stated further that the senator use the forum to clarify that flights could not be operated on the scheduled date because the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) required at least two weeks to conduct necessary tests on the control towers to ensure operational safety as the reason many of his colleagues were not present at the occasion.

The spokesman of the senator added that at no point did the Senator accuse any individual or entity of deliberately denying him or his colleagues’ access to the airport.