There is disorder at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, as passengers are being compelled by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to use a new multi-story parking garage commissioned by Seymour Aviation Limited, a company believed to be owned by former aviation minister Stella Oduah.

SaharaReporters observed that motorists are now barred from picking up their family members close to the terminal and are compulsorily diverted to the new car park once they drive close to the terminal. The motorists are then forced to pay for parking their vehicles at the park even if they were to spend just a minute within the airport premises.

Drivers are charged N400 for the first hour and N100 for each additional hour spent at the parking garage.

The sum is apart from the N200 and N300 tollgate fee for cars and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), respectively, that motorists must pay once they access the airport through the tollgate.

In a bid to ensure total compliance with the draconian order, the FAAN has detailed policemen and towing vehicles in strategic locations to arrest anyone who violates the new policy.

The FAAN has also barricaded the road leading to the terminal from the arrival areas, which has made vehicular assessment to the terminal impossible.

The car park, which is controlled by Seymour Aviation as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) scheme, is under concession for 30 years before being handed over to the FAAN by the company.

A source close to the company confided in our correspondent that the operators, who are believed to be cronies of Mrs. Oduah, claimed to spend about N8 billion for the construction of the facility.

Our correspondent observed that some passengers with health challenges, aging travelers and those with children walked the distance to the car park before they could board any cab of their choice.

A source close to the FAAN told our correspondent that the policy was already affecting the financial status of the FAAN, as all other car parks within the international airport area were shut for the new car park to continue to reap huge profits at the expense of the authority.

Before the closure, there were no fewer than five other car parks in different locations within the airport premises.

The FAAN is believed to be earning at least N2 billion from car parks alone monthly, but with the new order, such funds will now go to Mrs. Oduah’s company.

One of the passengers with a baby strapped to her chest, who identified herself simply as Florence, decried the sordid situation in an interaction with our correspondent.

Florence lamented that every passenger is now forced to use the car park ostensibly in order to rake in funds for Mrs. Oduah’s company, stressing that at every airport across the world, motorists are given a few minutes to pick up their passengers and leave immediately.

She cited the example of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, where the authority allows motorists to either pick up or drop off their passengers within a few minutes without charge. Florence wondered why the reverse was the case with the FAAN at the international terminal.

“Since we all know that aviation is internationally regulated, I think the same standards should apply to all. Why will FAAN compulsorily divert every vehicle to the new terminal when they can easily pick up their family members or passengers within a few seconds at the arrival lounge? That’s the practice everywhere, even in high-security prone countries,” Florence said.

“Even in America, which prides security as its number one priority, and Heathrow Airport in London, passengers whose family members have come to pick them up are allowed. I don’t know why FAAN is insisting on this backward policy for everyone.”

Mrs. Oduah, as the former minister in the sector, had been sacked under controversial circumstances when it was discovered that she acquired two BMW cars at hyper-inflated rates of N355 million, among several other financial diversions within her 31-month tenure.

It would be recalled that the multi-story parking garage was commissioned on October 4, 2017.

Both the FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited have had said that the opening of the car park would further ease traffic congestion at the airport. The two organizations said that the facility, a six-story building, has the capacity to accommodate 1,300 cars making it the biggest in the industry.

Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, who was represented at the occasion by Salisu Daura, Director of Engineering Services, said that pick ups and drop offs of all passengers within the area would be moved to the new facility.

“FAAN has put in place measures to maintain the facility. Everyone, including passengers, must cooperate with us to make things work,” he said.

Francis Ikenga, the Managing Director, Seymour Aviation Limited, said that the facility was built to international standards with a waiting lounge, bomb detectors, a public address system and conveniences on each of the six floors.

http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/30/lagos-airport-passengers-compelled-use-stella-oduah%E2%80%99s-multi-story-parking-garage

Yoropigs.. ...if Na tinubu get the car park will you guys write this long epistle

MMIA is a mess.

BOOT build own operate and transfer

Hmmmmmm there legal term common man won't know.... Very easy to be rich if only one is involve

senator Stella Oduah of the bullet proof BMW fame last dispensation is right now in charge of the Federal airports authority of Nigeria and the ministry of aviation.... At least that's what the idíots who cooked up this story want us to believe

Hmmnnn I reserve my uncharitable comment.

Sahara Reporters can wail for life.

Useless newspaper

Nigerians just love disorder and abhor any form of civility.. What on earth is wrong if visitors to an airport are made to use the appropriate airport parking facilities (which of course never really existed at that airport before now)?

All over the world, airports have specific parking locations for 'drop offs' and 'pick ups'. Drop offs typically take less time, so drivers are allowed to get close to the terminal, but for pick ups, you are meant to use the allocated parking facility. I understand this is simply the model the MMIA has just adopted to eliminate the traffic chaos which is the hallmark at the airport. What does it matter if the company that operates the parking facility is linked to Odua?

BuariCopyPaste:
Yoropigs.. ...if Na tinubu get the car park will you guys write this long epistle

Didnt imagine this thread could so easily descend into tribal slurs. A lot of sick tribalist litter Nigeria's cyberspace.

obailala:
Didnt imagine this thread could so easily descend into tribal slurs. A lot of sick tribalist litter Nigeria's cyberspace.

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obailala:
Nigerians just love disorder and abhor any form of civility.. What on earth is wrong if visitors to an airport are made to use the appropriate airport parking facilities (which of course never really existed at that airport before now)?

All over the world, airports have specific parking locations for 'drop offs' and 'pick ups'. Drop offs typically take less time, so drivers are allowed to get close to the terminal, but for pick ups, you are meant to use the allocated parking facility. I understand this is simply the model the MMIA has just adopted to eliminate the traffic chaos which is the hallmark at the airport. What does it matter if the company that operates the parking facility is linked to Odua?

Nah... Dont talk without experience! All over the world, Drop-offs and pick-ups are allowed at arrival and departure terminals. Parking is only required for long term parking and flyers!!

PDPGuy:
[s]There is disorder at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, as passengers are being compelled by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to use a new multi-story parking garage commissioned by Seymour Aviation Limited, a company believed to be owned by former aviation minister Stella Oduah.

SaharaReporters observed that motorists are now barred from picking up their family members close to the terminal and are compulsorily diverted to the new car park once they drive close to the terminal. The motorists are then forced to pay for parking their vehicles at the park even if they were to spend just a minute within the airport premises.

Drivers are charged N400 for the first hour and N100 for each additional hour spent at the parking garage.

The sum is apart from the N200 and N300 tollgate fee for cars and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), respectively, that motorists must pay once they access the airport through the tollgate.

In a bid to ensure total compliance with the draconian order, the FAAN has detailed policemen and towing vehicles in strategic locations to arrest anyone who violates the new policy.

The FAAN has also barricaded the road leading to the terminal from the arrival areas, which has made vehicular assessment to the terminal impossible.

The car park, which is controlled by Seymour Aviation as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) scheme, is under concession for 30 years before being handed over to the FAAN by the company.

A source close to the company confided in our correspondent that the operators, who are believed to be cronies of Mrs. Oduah, claimed to spend about N8 billion for the construction of the facility.

Our correspondent observed that some passengers with health challenges, aging travelers and those with children walked the distance to the car park before they could board any cab of their choice.

A source close to the FAAN told our correspondent that the policy was already affecting the financial status of the FAAN, as all other car parks within the international airport area were shut for the new car park to continue to reap huge profits at the expense of the authority.

Before the closure, there were no fewer than five other car parks in different locations within the airport premises.

The FAAN is believed to be earning at least N2 billion from car parks alone monthly, but with the new order, such funds will now go to Mrs. Oduah’s company.

One of the passengers with a baby strapped to her chest, who identified herself simply as Florence, decried the sordid situation in an interaction with our correspondent.

Florence lamented that every passenger is now forced to use the car park ostensibly in order to rake in funds for Mrs. Oduah’s company, stressing that at every airport across the world, motorists are given a few minutes to pick up their passengers and leave immediately.

She cited the example of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, where the authority allows motorists to either pick up or drop off their passengers within a few minutes without charge. Florence wondered why the reverse was the case with the FAAN at the international terminal.

“Since we all know that aviation is internationally regulated, I think the same standards should apply to all. Why will FAAN compulsorily divert every vehicle to the new terminal when they can easily pick up their family members or passengers within a few seconds at the arrival lounge? That’s the practice everywhere, even in high-security prone countries,” Florence said.

“Even in America, which prides security as its number one priority, and Heathrow Airport in London, passengers whose family members have come to pick them up are allowed. I don’t know why FAAN is insisting on this backward policy for everyone.”

Mrs. Oduah, as the former minister in the sector, had been sacked under controversial circumstances when it was discovered that she acquired two BMW cars at hyper-inflated rates of N355 million, among several other financial diversions within her 31-month tenure.

It would be recalled that the multi-story parking garage was commissioned on October 4, 2017.

Both the FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited have had said that the opening of the car park would further ease traffic congestion at the airport. The two organizations said that the facility, a six-story building, has the capacity to accommodate 1,300 cars making it the biggest in the industry.

Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, who was represented at the occasion by Salisu Daura, Director of Engineering Services, said that pick ups and drop offs of all passengers within the area would be moved to the new facility.

“FAAN has put in place measures to maintain the facility. Everyone, including passengers, must cooperate with us to make things work,” he said.

Francis Ikenga, the Managing Director, Seymour Aviation Limited, said that the facility was built to international standards with a waiting lounge, bomb detectors, a public address system and conveniences on each of the six floors.[/s]

http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/30/lagos-airport-passengers-compelled-use-stella-oduah%E2%80%99s-multi-story-parking-garage

ARE YORUBAS THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO OWN COMPANIES IN NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR?


RUBBISH!

BuariCopyPaste:


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That was epic spear to the ribs of that zombie who left the tribalistic poo by Sahara reporters to pick on you! Deliver more deadly spears to his side if he steps into your mention again!

A descendant of coward wrote:

BuariCopyPaste:
Yoropigs.. ...if Na tinubu get the car park will you guys write this long epistle

How on earth this translate to mean that Yorubas are the only ones allowed to own companies is surprising.
Do you understand what you read at all?

legitnow:



ARE YORUBAS THE ONLY ONES ALLOWED TO OWN COMPANIES IN NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR?


RUBBISH!

BigIyanga:

Nah... Dont talk without experience! All over the world, Drop-offs and pick-ups are allowed at arrival and departure terminals. Parking is only required for long term parking and flyers!!

Did you just talk of experience in what you just said? Even large hotels only permit drop offs within the reception area; if you're to pick up, you ought to use the car park. This is just common sense cos drop offs take typically less than a minute as opposed to pick ups. But since you claim you have vast 'global experience' in these things, kindly mention the international airports globally where individuals (not just taxis) are allowed to park and wait infront of arrival terminals to pick up arriving passengers.

obailala:
Did you just talk of experience in what you just said? Even large hotels only permit drop offs within the reception area; if you're to pick up, you ought to use the car park. This is just common sense cos drop offs take typically less than a minute as opposed to pick ups. But since you claim you have vast 'global experience' in these things, kindly mention the international airports globally where individuals (not just taxis) are allowed to park and wait infront of arrival terminals to pick up arriving passengers.

Sorry sir,
Airports come with Pick-up and drop-off terminals. Most air travellers are dropped and picked by family and friends and they need no parking.

Because she is Igbo abi

PDPGuy:
There is disorder at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, as passengers are being compelled by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to use a new multi-story parking garage commissioned by Seymour Aviation Limited, a company believed to be owned by former aviation minister Stella Oduah.

SaharaReporters observed that motorists are now barred from picking up their family members close to the terminal and are compulsorily diverted to the new car park once they drive close to the terminal. The motorists are then forced to pay for parking their vehicles at the park even if they were to spend just a minute within the airport premises.

Drivers are charged N400 for the first hour and N100 for each additional hour spent at the parking garage.

The sum is apart from the N200 and N300 tollgate fee for cars and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), respectively, that motorists must pay once they access the airport through the tollgate.

In a bid to ensure total compliance with the draconian order, the FAAN has detailed policemen and towing vehicles in strategic locations to arrest anyone who violates the new policy.

The FAAN has also barricaded the road leading to the terminal from the arrival areas, which has made vehicular assessment to the terminal impossible.

The car park, which is controlled by Seymour Aviation as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) scheme, is under concession for 30 years before being handed over to the FAAN by the company.

A source close to the company confided in our correspondent that the operators, who are believed to be cronies of Mrs. Oduah, claimed to spend about N8 billion for the construction of the facility.

Our correspondent observed that some passengers with health challenges, aging travelers and those with children walked the distance to the car park before they could board any cab of their choice.

A source close to the FAAN told our correspondent that the policy was already affecting the financial status of the FAAN, as all other car parks within the international airport area were shut for the new car park to continue to reap huge profits at the expense of the authority.

Before the closure, there were no fewer than five other car parks in different locations within the airport premises.

The FAAN is believed to be earning at least N2 billion from car parks alone monthly, but with the new order, such funds will now go to Mrs. Oduah’s company.

One of the passengers with a baby strapped to her chest, who identified herself simply as Florence, decried the sordid situation in an interaction with our correspondent.

Florence lamented that every passenger is now forced to use the car park ostensibly in order to rake in funds for Mrs. Oduah’s company, stressing that at every airport across the world, motorists are given a few minutes to pick up their passengers and leave immediately.

She cited the example of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, where the authority allows motorists to either pick up or drop off their passengers within a few minutes without charge. Florence wondered why the reverse was the case with the FAAN at the international terminal.

“Since we all know that aviation is internationally regulated, I think the same standards should apply to all. Why will FAAN compulsorily divert every vehicle to the new terminal when they can easily pick up their family members or passengers within a few seconds at the arrival lounge? That’s the practice everywhere, even in high-security prone countries,” Florence said.

“Even in America, which prides security as its number one priority, and Heathrow Airport in London, passengers whose family members have come to pick them up are allowed. I don’t know why FAAN is insisting on this backward policy for everyone.”

Mrs. Oduah, as the former minister in the sector, had been sacked under controversial circumstances when it was discovered that she acquired two BMW cars at hyper-inflated rates of N355 million, among several other financial diversions within her 31-month tenure.

It would be recalled that the multi-story parking garage was commissioned on October 4, 2017.

Both the FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited have had said that the opening of the car park would further ease traffic congestion at the airport. The two organizations said that the facility, a six-story building, has the capacity to accommodate 1,300 cars making it the biggest in the industry.

Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of FAAN, who was represented at the occasion by Salisu Daura, Director of Engineering Services, said that pick ups and drop offs of all passengers within the area would be moved to the new facility.

“FAAN has put in place measures to maintain the facility. Everyone, including passengers, must cooperate with us to make things work,” he said.

Francis Ikenga, the Managing Director, Seymour Aviation Limited, said that the facility was built to international standards with a waiting lounge, bomb detectors, a public address system and conveniences on each of the six floors.

http://saharareporters.com/2017/10/30/lagos-airport-passengers-compelled-use-stella-oduah%E2%80%99s-multi-story-parking-garage

BuariCopyPaste:
Yoropigs.. ...if Na tinubu get the car park will you guys write this long epistle

If na Tinubu get am they will claim sophistication

BigIyanga:

Sorry sir,
Airports come with Pick-up and drop-off terminals. Most air travellers are dropped and picked by family and friends and they need no parking.

Biko how do u pick-up without parking?

BigIyanga:

Sorry sir,
Airports come with Pick-up and drop-off terminals. Most air travellers are dropped and picked by family and friends and they need no parking.

Because Tinubu is not the owner

imhotep:

Because she is Igbo abi

Lol
It has nothing to do with tribe. Airports all over the world allow vehicles to be parked right beside the terminal for quick drop-offs and/or pick-ups of passengers.

As others have said, parking structures are only for long term parking i.e. parking for like an hour or more. In that case, the airport authorities will be justified in diverting vehicles to the parking structure.

PDPGuy:

Lol
It has nothing to do with tribe. Airports all over the world allow vehicles to be parked right beside the terminal for quick drop-offs and/or pick-ups of passengers.

As others have said, parking structures are only for long term parking i.e. parking for like an hour or more. In that case, the airport authorities will be justified in diverting vehicles to the parking structure.

You are just playing with words here.

obailala:
Nigerians just love disorder and abhor any form of civility.. What on earth is wrong if visitors to an airport are made to use the appropriate airport parking facilities (which of course never really existed at that airport before now)?

All over the world, airports have specific parking locations for 'drop offs' and 'pick ups'. Drop offs typically take less time, so drivers are allowed to get close to the terminal, but for pick ups, you are meant to use the allocated parking facility. I understand this is simply the model the MMIA has just adopted to eliminate the traffic chaos which is the hallmark at the airport. What does it matter if the company that operates the parking facility is linked to Odua?

I think conflict of interest if truly the company belongs to stealer oduah ... Issues such as did the government get a fair deal it is similar to grass cutter whose crime is granting contracts to his company.

obailala:
Biko how do u pick-up without parking?

Stop talking without facts! From CDG-AMS-ORD-ATL-PEK etal, they all have pickup and dropoff terminals

BigIyanga:

Stop talking without facts! From CDG-AMS-ORD-ATL-PEK etal, they all have pickup and dropoff terminals

Well, your airport must be very generous (probably in the US). The big airports I know have a strip were you could quickly set down passengers just in-front of departures (typically allowed to stop for 5 or max of 10 mins).. But for pick-ups (arrivals), this facility typically doesnt exist, you have to use the short-stay parking facility.

most airports around the world only have drop off . I know that all airports in the u.k only have drop off .for pick up's you have to use the car park. some of the them have quick pick up parking but u still have to pay.