Also, three senators representing Akwa Ibom State have requested for the intervention of the Senate to get the federal government to include the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, among the airports that would begin the first phase of flight resumption in Nigeria.

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Also, Bassey Albert (Akwa Ibom North-east/PDP) during plenary on Tuesday commended the plan to reopen the airports but said the Akwa Ibom airport is "one of the busiest with local flights" and, therefore, should be included among the other five airports "in view of the other states it covers".

Mr Albert spoke on the floor of the Senate for himself and on behalf of the other two senators, Chris Ekpenyong (Akwa Ibom North-west/PDP) and Akon Eyakenyi (Akwa Ibom North-South/PDP), from the state.

The Victor Attah International Airport is home to the Akwa Ibom State-owned Ibom Air which is one of the fastest-growing local airlines in Nigeria.

On security, the lawmakers resolved to support and cooperate with the six state governors of the zone, security chiefs, religious leaders, traditional rulers "and indeed all other individuals in the effort to bring an end the serious insecurity especially the insurgency which has been bedeviling the North-east for so many years."