The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that motorists will start to pay for parking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The initiative sought to bring sanity to the airport and increase the revenue of the federal government as disclosed by Kabir Mohammed, the manager of Abuja airport/regional general manager north-central of FAAN over the weekend.
The airport manager said the new policy is expected to address the problems of touts who relentlessly harass and export innocent drivers who bring in passengers at the airport.
Mohammed said, “We will discourage that by introducing pay parking at the airport so that all those littering at the airport with cars will stop.”
He said that as part of the ongoing reorganizations at the airport, a task force had been inaugurated by the authority to curb the traffic jam at the toll gate of the Abuja airport.
According to him, members of the task force include himself, as well as heads of departments who will supervise activities at the toll gate daily to manage traffic into the airport.
He said rowdy taxi drivers and illegal businesses going on in front of the departure hall at the local wing of the airport would also be addressed.
He also said the mosque at the airport is being relocated to an appropriate location, and local kiosks around the airport would be removed.
“We are ending the practice where cleaners, especially in the restrooms, harass passengers,” he added.
“Going forward, once a passenger is in the restroom, the cleaner leaves until the passenger is done, then he or she could return to clean again.
A cleaner shouldn’t be opening toilet doors, turning on taps, and serving tissue papers to passengers. Passengers know how to use those.
“We can’t get it right 100 percent, but let there be some semblance of civility at the airport, he said.
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