After observing that the implementation of the Executive Order directed by the Acting President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osibajo has attained 60 per cent level at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Managing Director/CEO of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma has declared that the full implementation of the order will begin today in all the international airports across the country to meet the deadline.
Dunoma who promised to address the infrastructural gap inhibiting the 100 per cent implementation of the Executive Order on the “Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria,” said the inspection visit was to assess and identify anything that would be a barrier to the perfect implementation of the order.
“We are here at Murtala Muhammed Airport to look at the implementation of the Executive Order. We are at various stages of the implementation and we are working with all the security agencies and other stakeholders at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and indeed with other international airports around the country to make sure the Executive Order is implemented and We have met 60 per cent of the requirements needed in order to make sure the Executive Order is implemented,” said Dunoma
He added, ““We have agreed on certain number of things that we need to do. All the agreement based on the Executive Order is being implemented. A lot of things are going to happen tomorrow because we expect that most of the implementation will be done tomorrow (Tuesday).”
“We have held series of meeting with the stakeholders. So far, every agency is working on certain aspects as it concerns them. But FAAN, the overall supervisor of the operations at the airport is coordinating all this and of course, FAAN has certain things to do. We need to improve on some certain infrastructure. This infrastructure is being put in place so that other participating agencies will find it easy to implement their bit of the Executive Order.
He disclosed that some timelines were chosen to ensure perfect implementations. “We chose some timelines that is before the deadline given to us through the Executive Order, so that we can test run these systems and if there are issues, they will be corrected before the actual deadline given to us.”
On cooperation from other agencies in the sector, the FAAN boss said every other agency at the airports are cooperating with FAAN at achieving successful implementation of the order…
