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Passenger traffic at Nigerian airports increase by 23% in 12 years

The new international terminals being constructed simultaneously in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu will increase capacity and improve passenger facilitation.

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, stated this in Abuja following an inspection of the new terminal under construction by the Council President of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu.

According to Dunoma: “In the past 12 years, passenger traffic at the airports increased from 4.4 milion to 15 million per annum (over 23%) and FAAN is expanding its capacity to accommodate envisaged growth.”
He described Aliu as an icon who has positively impacted aviation globally, emphasizing that his policy of “no country left behind” has addressed the challenges faced by the sector, especially in developing countries.

Dunoma reiterated the Authority’s commitment to sustain the standards achieved following the recent ICAO audit.
The ICAO President was accompanied by Martins Nwafor, the Nigerian Representative on the ICAO Council; Saint Jalo, ICAO Regional Director for West and Central Africa; senior officials from the Ministry; and heads of aviation agencies.

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Aliu, who earlier met with labour unions, called for closer collaboration for the development of the sector.

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