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The Federal Government is set to reduce the cost of accessing funds by SMEs within the lifetime of the current administration, as part of strategic efforts to create jobs, generate wealth and enhance economic growth, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, has said.

Airports across the country have recorded 61,107 aircraft movements between April and June, 2012 while 3,734,828 passengers passed through the same airports in the same period.

Elders in the Nigerian aviation industry have waded into the ongoing tussle between the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on one hand and the leaderships of the Ministry of Aviation and its agencies on the other hand.

FORGO Battery Company Limited has said that it will soon establish a battery manufacturing plant in Nigeria, its Managing Director, Mr Joseph Offorjama, has disclosed.