Remodelled GAT set for commissioning in Lagos

The remodelled General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos will be commissioned on Monday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.
It will be the first terminal to be commissioned, among the 11 airports that are currently undergoing remodelling, under the first phase of the Airport Remodelling Project.
The new terminal occupies a total floor area of about 4,000 square metres, with maximum passenger capacity of about 400, at peak periods.
The departure and arrival lounges have been increased to about 829 square metres of and 982 square metres respectively while the check-in-area occupies an area of about 1550 square metres.
The increase will make passenger facilitation and cargo processing faster and easier.
The story of this terminal began in November 2011 when the old terminal building that was built in the 1950s was demolished.
The new terminal underwent a total reconstruction from the foundation and the resulting edifice is a testimony to the resilience and determination towards turning around the aviation sector, the General Manager, Communications of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Yakubu Dati, said in a statement.
It will be recalled that on her assumption of office as the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah promised to transform the aviation industry, in line with the Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government.
The Managing Director of FAAN, George Uriese, Dati said, has pursued these goals and translated the vision to concrete reality under the direction of the minister.
He recalled that recently, Oduah led an international road show, which has attracted tremendous support from the international investors.
Already, he said, an MOU has been signed by the Governments of Nigeria and China for the construction of five new airport terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port-Harcourt and Enugu.