Airport Manager Wants Security Network At Nation’s Gateways

The Benin Airport
Manager, Mr Sunday Ayodele, has said that all security agencies at the airports should be networking for adequate security in the nation’s gateways.
Ayodele  gave the advice while speaking with aviation correspondents in Lagos recently.
He said the management of Benin Airport had put in place adequate arrangement to ensure that security was not compromised at the entry point.
Ayodele said that going further to arm the security personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would be an aberration.
The airport manager said that the aviation was a globally regulated sector and that no country could act in isolation under the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
He commended the current management of FAAN for its timely interventions and the timely remodelling of the Benin Airport.
“But for the timely remodelling of the Benin airport, we would have faced serious dearth of passengers as a result of the Asaba Airport in Delta State which has started operations.
“Now that we have a better airport, we do not really feel the heat, even those who used to go by road before are now flying because we now have better facilities under the remodelling project,” he said.
Ayodele said that the major challenge being faced by the airport was that of electricity, stressing that the airport used about 7,000 litres of diesel to service its generators monthly.