Yakubu Dati, the General Manager, Public Communications of FAAN, made this known to aviation correspondents at the Murtala Muhammed Airport at Ikeja in Lagos
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The relocation became necessary in order to make way for the construction of the new international terminal for the airport at the site of the existing car park
This was announced by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Adeola Solomon (APC-Lagos) at a news briefing on Wednesday in Abuja
According to court documents obtained, others against whom Bi-Courtney wants the order of contempt made include FAAN; the authority’s Chief Security Officer, Colonel C.L. Onalo; and its General Manager, Public Affairs, Yakubu Dati
The pilfering at the nation’s main airport, which had generated a lot of controversy, had continued unabated for some time, led to the Crime and Investigation unit of FAAN’s Aviation Security Service being put on the alert and directed to investigate the issue
Dati said in the statement: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria read with great dismay the statement released by Arik Airlines about the stowaway found on board Arik’s flight 544 from Benin to Lagos on Saturday 24 August, 2013, in which FAAN was unfairly indicted while the airline took no responsibility whatsoever for such a serious security breach
“I am convinced that there was a misunderstanding and I want to get to the bottom of this misunderstanding so that it does not happen again
The directive, which states, among other things, that staff of FAAN opting to retire under the Defined Benefits Scheme should do so between now and March 31, 2014, implies that anyone who chooses to remain in service after the said date will be migrated to the Contributory Pension Scheme automatically
It said the airport is being affected by the impact of the insecurity, which has stifled most economic activities in the state
Yakubu Dati, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of FAAN, made this known in Lagos on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
This credible credential must have attracted FAAN to the company to help it shore up its revenue base at the airports following which it entered into a concession agreement with it
Uriesi asked them to see their promotions as a tonic for greater
productivity, in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal
Government in the aviation industry as well as the Aviation Sector
Master Plan, as developed by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah
It will be recalled that AIC Limited had filed two suits on the
matter, following the award of the arbitration, seeking first an order to set aside the decision contained in part of the final arbitration award, asking that the same be remitted back to the arbitrator for reconsideration
Yabuku Dati, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of FAAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday on the telephone that the authority had constituted a task force to that effect
The general manger said some of the damaged aircraft parked at the airport hangar could cause insecurity at the airport
“People are also screened with hand-held metal detectors to frisk both international and domestic passengers before check-in into their various scheduled aircraft
The statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications of FAAN, Yakubu Dati, recalled that Bi-Courtney forcefully and illegally acquired part of the premises belonging to the Murtala Mohammed Airport,
The statement added: “The seamless transition was achieved by FAAN engineers who worked in collaboration with Power Holding Company of Nigeria officials
Some of the owners of these abandoned aircraft had taken FAAN to court over this issue and got court injunctions that made it difficult for the Authority to carry out this exercise before now. Some of these cases have now been concluded hence the commencement of the removal exercise, at least for the abandoned aircraft which cases have been concluded
Princess Oduah sent shock waves into the system when shortly on resumption, she stopped the exploitative collection of N2, 500 passenger service charge introduced unilaterally by the operators. Her mission to restore the aviation sector to its rightful place as a harbinger of economic progress was not open to negotiation