Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, has said the planned demolition of private hangars obstructing some boarding fingers at the new terminal of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos is ill-advised.
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Nnaji spoke at the weekend during a joint oversight inspection tour of the airport by the Senate and House of Representatives committees on Aviation.
The lawmaker said the obstruction was not considered during the initial construction of the new terminal, adding that rather than spend billions of tax payers’ money on compensation, “FAAN can restrict the use of the affected fingers to narrow-bodied aircraft and deploy the money that would go for compensation to the owners of the facilities to the building of additional terminal”.
Nnaji’s Senate counterpart, Smart Adeyemi, backed the House Committee Chairman’s position.
The senator urged the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Captain Hamisu Yadudu, to submit the cost of demolition and compensation due to the owners of the hangars to the two committees for consideration before demolishing them.
“We are the representatives of the people and we must be sure that the resources of the country are not unduly wasted. We must weigh the options. If the amount to be paid out as compensation does not make sound economic judgment, we will not allow it,” Adeyemi added.
He stressed that the inauguration of the new terminal was long overdue, considering that it was built with borrowed funds and that Lagos airport generates over 60 per cent of the authority’s total revenue.
Nnaji advised the management of the authority to ensure that the new terminal is inaugurated as soon as possible to decongest the airport.
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