FAAN reacts to viral video of leaking roof at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA)
Wednesday a video made the rounds on social media showing the leaking
roof at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA). The Federal
Airport Authority of Nigeria FAAN has released a statement explaining
why the roof was leaking. According to the agency, the leakage was as a
result of ongoing repairs at the airport and that the repairs have been
completed and the leakage has been stopped. Read the statement from the
agency after the cut and also a video of the leaking roof.
The attention of the Federal
Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has been drawn to a sensational and
misleading video making the rounds on some sections of the social media
on a leaking roof at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA),
Lagos as a result of “the deplorable condition of facilities” at the
Airport…..http://wp.me/p7INXn-
It is regrettable that the story,
which was capable of creating fear in the mind of intending passengers,
was not based on assessment of the said facility by the reporters. This
is more so because the reporters could easily have cross-checked their
facts with our Corporate Affairs Department before going public with
such a sensitive issue.
Following this malicious video clip
targeted to tarnish the Authority’s hard earned reputation; Management
wishes to put the records straight, that the leaking roof was a result
of the on-going works at the MMIA, Lagos. This upgrade is coming at the
heels of the Executive Order issued recently by the Presidency aimed at
“Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria”, and the Authority is doing
everything possible to improve the quality of her services in line with
the Order.
Management in compliance with
government policies has since initiated practical steps to improve on
safety and security architecture of the nation’s premier airport and
also improve comfort and passengers experience.
Consequently, upgrade of facilities
is on-going in different areas at the International Terminal building of
MMIA Lagos and as a result we are experiencing challenges as we have to
keep up with our core operations going on while the upgrade continues.
Sequel to this on-going works, we
recently experienced some leakages from the roof at the “D Wing” of the
Terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, owing to a
heavy rain accompanied by wind storm. This is directly connected to the
civil engineering works going on at the roof top at that location, which
temporarily interrupted our engineers who are replacing the old roof
members with new ones at that instance. It was practically impossible to
work at that location due to its altitude and slipperiness while the
rains lasted, but work immediately resumed after the rain subsided, and
the integrity of roof was restored.
We want to state clearly that this defect did not affect operations in any way or at any time at the Terminal.
FAAN assures passengers, airport
users and the general public of her commitment to a safe, secure and
improved facilitation at the nation’s airports.
Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs)
Ag. General Manager
Corporate Affairs
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