Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- The federal government has announced that it would pay N825.8 million as compensation to Jiwa Community of Abuja to pave the way for constructing the second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city.

In a statement issued by Anthony Ogunleye, director of Press at the Office of the FCT Minister, on Tuesday, the government said that work would soon commence on constructing the second runway at the airport after signing the compensation agreement with the host community in Abuja.

"In the agreement signed between the Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Jiwa community in the FCT, on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, a sum of...