The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apologised for the decay in infrastructure at the nation’s airports, adding that infrastructure at the airports was not developed in line with the increase in traffic.
FAAN’s Managing Director, Mr. George Uriesi, who spoke to journalists on Saturday at the Presidential Lounge of the Lagos Airport, said,” We left the development of the infrastructure too late. We have gone beyond the capacity.
The infrastructure has not been developed along with the traffic”.
He said FAAN would implement what he described as broad/specific security plans across all the airports, adding that the airport authority had got the financial support required to bring in new security equipment to enable it upgrade what is currently on ground.
The FAAN Managing Director also said the authority would work towards installing air field lighting system in all the airports where they are lacking.
He said it was unacceptable to build runways without installing airfield lighting in them, adding that once the Federal Government approves the FAAN budget for the year, the authority would work towards installing lighting systems at the domestic runway of the Lagos Airport as well as other airports where they are lacking.
On the over N20 billion owed FAAN by concessionaires, airlines and other airport users, Ureisi said the airport authority was aggressively implementing the debt recovering process, adding that some of the creditors were responding positively.
“So many things have been done in the past to aid the debt recovery efforts. We are aggressively pursuing our money. We have a score card, we are a business.
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