Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) has concluded every arrangement for the commissioning of a new international terminal at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
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Also FAAN has also concluded an arrangement to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Lagos State government on the constitution of a 9km access road from Shasha in Alimosho local government area to the Lagos airport.
Confirming the developments, Acting General Manager Corporate Communications at FAAN Mrs Faithful A. Hope-Ivbaze in a statement said the terminal would be commissioned by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) on Tuesday March 22, 2022.
“All is now set for the commissioning of the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Tuesday, March 22, 2022,” Hope Ivbaze confirmed.
The brand new, world-class international terminal is one of five, being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu,under a bilateral arrangement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the People’s Republic of China.
While the ones in Abuja and Port Harcourt have been completed and commissioned, the one in Kano which has been completed, will soon be commissioned.
The new Lagos terminal has the capacity to process 14 million passengers per annum. It is built on a land mass of approximately 56,000 square metres, and it has 66 check-in counters.
Other facilities in the terminal include 5 baggage collection carousels, 16 Immigration desks at arrival, 28 Immigration desks at departure, 8 security screening points, 6 passenger boarding bridges (out of which 2 has already been installed), 2 food courts, 4 premium lounges, 22 guest rooms and spa, 16 airline ticketing offices, visa on arrival and port health facility, as well as praying area, more than 3,000 square metres of duty free space, approximately 5,000 square metres of lettable utility space, amongst others.
The new terminal to be commissioned is expected to generate about three thousand direct and indirect employment for Nigerians, as well as enhance passenger facilitation and comfort at the Lagos airport.
In the anticipation of the huge vehicular and human traffic the opening of the new terminal will generate within and around the airport environment and to ameliorate the negative impacts on the airport environment, FAAN will also sign a memorandum of understanding with the Lagos State Government on a 9km Airport-Shasha-Alimosho link Road to be constructed by the State Government.
