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
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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
In a statement, FAAN said unlike in the past, the pilgrims this year enjoyed a transformed and reconstructed Hajj terminal
Adetula was apprehended on Saturday while attempting to leave Nigeria with the cash by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos
One would have expected the miracle performed by Bi-Courtney at MMA2 to be replicated at GAT, but the Ministry of Aviation would not allow it. Instead, the government jettisoned the agreement it signed with Bi-Courtney and ignored the various court orders, even by the Court of Appeal, to begin the renovation of GAT
The management of FAAN has therefore directed all concessionaires handling toilet facilities at all airports to begin to live up to expectation in the discharge of their duties or have their contracts reviewed
FAAN, in response to allegations by the Secretaries of the National Joint Aviation Unions, said what Oduah has done was to fine-tune the automation process that had been in the works on her assumption of duty as minister