… Takes Over Access Toll Plaza

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has taken over operations at the access tollgate of the Murtala Muhamed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr Yakubu Dati, confirmed the move, saying that it was to bring to an end the management of the toll plaza by one of its concessionaires, I-Cube West Africa Limited.

He said the firm was engaged by FAAN a few years ago to manage the toll plaza and remit to the authority about N40 million monthly under a bank guarantee arrangement with a commercial bank.

“In the period while the firm managed the toll plaza, it was unable to meet its agreed monthly obligation to the authority, in addition to failure to carry out expansion work on the toll, plaza,” Dati said.

The communication’s manager said “as part of measures for the effective takeover of concession, FAAN, earlier in the year embarked on massive expansion of the toll plaza to accommodate more vehicles as well as ease the flow of traffic along the ever busy airport road.

In another development, the Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management (NAMA), Mr Nnamdi Udoh has tasked African aviation experts to always strive for the best in the respective fields to ensure safety in the African Skies.

Addressing participants at the three-day meeting of inter-flight information Region (FIR), coordination between Nigeria and her airspace neighbours, the NAMA boss said with the election of an African Nigeria’s Dr Alumutiwa Aliu as the president of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), there is the need for the aviation experts in the continent to review efforts in turning Africa airspace to one of the best in the world.

Mr Udoh noted that African travel market had demonstrated a potential growth of about seven per cent which  makes it the highest in the globe.

The flight Information Regions (FIR) that participated include, Niamey, Libreville, Brazzville, Ndjamena, Douta, Accra and ASECNA Dakar.