By Francis Ogwo
The new international terminals in Lagos, Kano and Enugu will be completed and inaugurated before January 20, 2021.
The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu, disclosed this during the weekend
Yadudu, while speaking on the role of the airport authority in the past year, said the inauguration was subject to many variables. He also spoke on the need to transform the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) into a hub, saying it was a vital consideration to have the airport operate efficiently.
He emphasized the need to link the old and new terminal as well as the international and domestic terminals to improve transition around the airport.
Speaking further, Yadudu said: “That is a an important consideration for us, to have a hub to operate it efficiently, you need these connectivity, well in the first instance, we already have a committee to have this, and part of the success of that committee is that we have a linkage between the old and the new terminal, it was completed last week, it is not commissioned because the terminal itself is not yet commissioned.
“We have a proper linkage now between the old and the new buildings and talking about connectivity between the internationals and with the domestic, we are working with government. We have designs for the most suitable ways to achieve the connectivity, buses and even a light rail proposal but right now, we are at the development and planning stage.
“We have the proposals already, on Monday we even had a meeting with some of the companies bringing proposals; these are concepts that we studied and decide which one is the best by our team, the government and the ministry representatives and make sure that at the end of the day, we arrive at a decision that is very practical and of course cost efficient for our operations.
“We have connected the two internationals, now we want to focus on how to seamlessly connect them with the domestic terminals.” Yadudu concluded.
