Federal Government would require at least N25bn to construct perimeter and operational fences across all the 22 airports owned by it. This is as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, assured airports users of absolute security and safety of humans, cargo and equipment at all times. General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati in an interview with our correspondent at the agency’s headquarters yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos said a recent survey carried out by the authority indicated that to properly fence the 22 Federal Government- owned airports, FAAN would need the massive sum.

According to Dati, each of the 22 airports is about 50 kilometres long and would require serious investments for all of them to be properly fenced, according to International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, recommended practices. Apart from the four international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt that are partially fenced, other 18 airports owned by the Federal Government are not fenced, a situation, which has led to encroachments by some indigenes. Investigations by our correspondent indicated that the 22 airports across the country occupy over 500 kilometers land mass ICAO security guidelines prescribe that all airports must be secured with double perimeter fences.

Dati, however, explained that there are other safety measures FAAN has put in place in line with international best practice to boost security and safety within the airports. He pointed out that the agency had introduced the perimeter patrol, built perimeter towers, which enables Aviation Security, AVSEC, personnel and other security agencies to have a full overview of the airport environment and installed latest technologies in strategic locations an interview with our correspondent at the agency’s headquarters yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos said a recent survey carried out by the authority indicated that to properly fence the 22 Federal Government- owned airports, FAAN would need the massive sum.

According to Dati, each of the 22 airports is about 50 kilometres long and would require serious investments for all of them to be properly fenced, according to International to increase surveillance. He also maintained that most of the leakages observed in the past by analysts and other aviation stakeholders had been closed, stressing that this had made it possible for FAAN to scale the American Transportation Security Administration, TSA, security audit carried out earlier this month at the Lagos Airport. “It would be recalled that about two months ago, we invited a team from Airport Council International, ACI, to carry out security audit of our airports and they identified some gaps, which needed to be closed and we were able to close those gaps.

“That is why when TSA came calling about two weeks ago, we were given clean bill of health because all the loopholes have been closed. “Insider’s threat is another area that we are looking at. We profile anybody that works within the terminal or in the terminal in line with global standards. It is after passing that we issue them the On-Duty-Card, ODC. “Even at that, the ODC also have some levels of restrictions such that it is not every holder that has access to every part of the terminal. We have different levels and colours based on the level of clearance you have received,” he said. Dati said airport, as an enabler to the nation’s economy, contributes about $1bn annually, while also providing more than 300,000 jobs, stressing that the government would continue to ensure growth in the sector.

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NOW THAT BUDGET HAS BEEN PASSED, ALL MANNER OF NEWS WILL SURFACE. HOW MANY ACRES OF LAND DOES ONE OF THE AIRPORTS COVER THAT IT WILL NEED OVER A BILLION NAIRA TO FENCE?

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