GOVERNMENT HAS AWARDED A TURKISH COMPANY GURIS HOLDING A CONTRACT TO REMODEL THE LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
FINANCE AND NATIONAL PLANNING MINISTER DR SITUMBEKO MUSOKOTWANE CONFIRMED THE DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING DURING A PRESS BRIEFING ADDING THAT AT THE MOMENT GOVERNMENT IS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COMPANY UNDER THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP.
DR MUSOKOTWANE SAYS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO FACE LIFT THE LUSAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN A BID TO IMPROVE ITS STANDARDS AND ATTRACT MORE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS WHICH WILL IN TURN CONTRIBUTE TO REVENUE OF THE COUNTRY.
MEANWHILE DR MUSOKOTWANE HAS FURTHER DISCLOSED THAT GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO AWARDED A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY THUTUKA ZAMBIA LIMITED UNDER THE PRIVATE PPP TO REMODEL THE GOVERNMENT OWNED LONG ACRES LODGE AND TURN IT INTO A FIVE STAR HOTEL AT A COST OF $35MILLION.
THE MINISTER SAYS THE COMPANY WILL BE PAYING GOVERNMENT ABOUT $2MILLION EVERY YEAR DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THE SAME MONEY WILL BE USED TO PAY ALL THE WORKERS WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS.
HE SAYS THE REMODELING OF LONG ACRES LODGE WILL BE DONE UNDER A CONCESSION WHICH WILL RUN FOR 20YEARS.
DR MUSOKOTWANE SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL OWN ABOUT 15PERCENT SHARES AND AT THE END OF 20 YEARS, IT WILL REPOSES THE HOTELpublished by augustine
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