As the world grapples with the second wave of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has stepped up measures to ensure the safety of travelling passengers and other airport users across the nation.
In a statement signed by its General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, FAAN said that it is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure safe and secure facilitation of travellers in all the 22 airports within its airport network.
“From the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Port Harcourt International Airport, Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and others within its network, the Authority is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure safe and secure facilitation of travellers.
It added that car parks have been rearrangesd for seamless pick-up and drop off to avoid congestion at all the airports even as it said, new drop off zones have been created for passengers with reduced mobility at all the airports.
FAAN affirmed that operational and directional signages have also been conspicuously remarked at both the airsides and landsides to make movements easier for airport users and to promote social distancing protocols.
The statement added, “we have intensified the process of disinfecting all baggage before entering the terminals, as well as enhanced temperature screening of all passengers and staff using infrared scanners. We have also separated access entry points for passengers and staff to reduce congestion and improve on facilitation.”
FAAN therefore, advised all travellers and airport users to strictly abide by all laid down travel protocols and also reiterate that only passengers will be allowed into the terminals.
It said that a compliance monitoring team has been constituted for each of our airports to ensure total compliance.
