Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is set to sanitise cargo operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) and other airports in the country, in line with international standards and best practices.
Engr. Saleh Dunoma, managing director of the Authority, made this remark on Wednesday, at a Cargo Stakeholders meeting held at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Conference Centre, where the state of cargo operations in the country’s airports, especially MMA, Ikeja, were exhaustively discussed.
Saleh told the stakeholders that essentials infrastructure needed to facilitate cargo operations in the country’s airports would soon be provided.
He also urged them to queue-in to new measures that would soon be introduced by the Authority to sanitize the environment around cargo terminals and make service delivery at those terminals more customer friendly.
He reasoned that no meaningful business could take place in an atmosphere of chaos and insecurity.
In their responses, most of the stakeholders, including officials from cargo handling companies, foreign airlines, the Nigerian Customs Service and the Nigeria Police Force, commended the FAAN MD for consulting with them on how best to improve on cargo opinions at our airports.
They described the meeting as a healthy departure from the past.
They also assured the Authority of their cooperation on the measures designed to bring desired changes in cargo operations.
Yakubu Dati, coordinating General Manager, Communications for Aviation Parastatals, said in a press statement that Saleh held a similar stakeholders meeting with international airline operators at the Authority’s headquarters last week, where the operators interacted with FAAN engineers and consultants on how best to utilise facilities to be provided at the five new international terminals being constructed in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu when they are completed.