The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday hinted that President Muhammadu Buhari would tomorrow commission the newly built Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal, Lagos as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to enhance service standards in the nation’s airports nationwide.
A statement by the agency’s Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, indicated that international terminal was one of five being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu, in a bilateral arrangement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the People’s Republic of China.
According to her, while the ones in Abuja and Port Harcourt have been completed and commissioned already, the Kano terminal has been completed and will soon be commissioned.
The FAAN spokesperson further stated that the new Lagos International 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.
The terminal has modern facilities, including 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, and 22 guest rooms and spa.
Others are 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.
According to the FAAN, when fully operational, the new terminal is expected to generate about 3,000 direct and indirect jobs as well as enhance passenger facilitation and comfort at the Lagos airport.
Meanwhile, the authority will also sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Lagos State Government on the 9km Airport-Shasha-Alimosho link road to be constructed by the state government.
