In a scathing public statement issued through NBTVLIVE this morning, Abayomi Mighty has outrightly condemned the ongoing ₦712 billion renovation of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, branding it a “monument of misplaced priorities in the face of mass hunger.”
The renovation project — which insiders say could top ₦720 billion when completed — has sparked outrage as millions of Nigerians battle skyrocketing food prices, collapsed purchasing power, and endemic youth unemployment.
“A single airport upgrade consuming such vast public wealth in a time of national economic fragility is not just wasteful — it is wicked,” Mighty declared.
In a country where over 71 million Nigerians are living below the poverty line. ₦700 billion could fund national school feeding programs for over five years and that same amount could construct 5,000 functional health centers across all LGAs in Nigeria, Abayomi-Mighty says
Abayomi Mighty questioned the procurement transparency, the economic justification, and the urgency of the project:
“Who are these airports being beautified for — the foreign elite or the Nigerian struggling mother in Benue, Borno, and Bayelsa?”
He further calls for a National People’s Budget Dialogue, where communities, not contractors, decide the order of national priorities.
“Build People Before You Build Terminals”
The Abayomi-Mighty doctrine remains consistent: infrastructure without inclusion is injustice.
“Before you build glass palaces for travelers, build food systems for farmers. Build schools, clinics, rural roads, and industries. That is how to revive a nation — from the roots up.”
