Abuja Airport to be shut for six weeks, flights to be diverted to Kadana

The Federal Government has planned to close the Abuja Airport for six weeks from March 8, 2017, in order to repair its runway. The decision to shut the airport and divert Abuja-bound flights to Kaduna, an airport used primarily for domestic flights about 160 km (100 miles) to the north, was taken after airlines threatened to stop flying to the capital. Analysts have said that the temporary closure of Abuja airport, the country's second busiest after the commercial capital Lagos, will have a negative impact on Africa's biggest economy, which fell into recession in 2016 for the first time in 25 years.