FAAN MD Speaks on Buhari’s Achievements In Provision of Airports’ Infrastructures

The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN, Mr Saleh Dunoma, has said that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, has achieved milestones in the provision of airport infrastructure across the country.

Dunoma, who recalled that the federal government delivered two world-class terminals in Abuja and Port Harcourt in 2018 added that three others in Kano, Lagos and Enugu would be completed within the year.

“Within the last four years, the federal government embarked on the construction of four new international terminals and two of them have been commissioned last years and that includes the Port Harcourt International Airport Terminal and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja terminal.

“These terminals are up and running and they are functional. This has improved a lot in terms of capacity of handling aircraft and passengers in these two airports.

“It has also improved our safety because before this time, we were operating under a very congestive situation and this translates to discomfort and a lot of safety issues for passengers.

According to him, in the two airports, there has not been issue of discomfort, he said there is now enough space which translates into easy facilitation of passengers,  which also translates into passenger comfort.

“It has also improved the turnaround time for airlines that operate into these two new airports. Other two terminals or three are under construction and we hope to commission them before the end of the year.

“One is Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport which has also reached an advanced stage of completion.

“In fact, as we speak we are working on the apron. Apron is where we park aircraft and aircraft manoeuvre around that place to board passengers or to drop passengers.

“As soon as that is done we move in there and add the few that we need to add to make it operational,” he revealed.

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