₦airaland Forum

Thursday, January 18, 2024

PRESS RELEASE:

RE: RELOCATION OF FAAN CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS FROM ABUJA TO LAGOS

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria notes the inquiries some Nigerians have made regarding the directive of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, to relocate the corporate Headquarters of FAAN from Abuja to its original base, Lagos, where it has operated for decades until recently.

FAAN wishes to inform Nigerians that following wide consultations by the new Management of FAAN with stakeholders, which also involved the Unions, it was agreed that this was in the best interest of the Authority and the country for now for the following reasons:

1. Those affected by the decision to move the headquarters to Abuja have since returned to Lagos as there is no office space for them in Abuja. It was ill-advised in the first place to move the headquarters to Abuja when there was no single FAAN building in Abuja to accommodate all of them at once.

2. Having returned to Lagos, the Authority would be liable to pay them DTA (DUTY TOUR ALLOWANCE) because technically they are working OUT OF STATION as their official posting is to ABUJA. The Minister has decided to stop this waste of public resources and rip-off on the public purse.

3. ⁠The other option open to the Authority was abandon the old FAAN building in Lagos to rot away and to use its scarce resources to rent an office space in Abuja for Millions of Naira of public money when in actual fact more than sixty percent of its activities are in Lagos given the huge passenger volume of the Lagos airports. The stakeholders and the Minister decided against that and to save the country this waste.

4. ⁠The Minister has rolled out plans to get concessionaires to build befitting offices for the Authority in Lagos and Abuja and until that is done, the Authority will continue to manage its old building in Lagos that can accommodate all its Directors and senior officials for now.

5. ⁠Abuja continues to have full operational offices and the Authority has not scaled down operations in Abuja one bit. It is just the technical decision of where the Authority has its ‘corporate headquarters’ that has been taken without affecting the structure of operations as they are for now in both cities.

6. ⁠In the near future, when befitting corporate buildings have been built for the Authority in both Lagos and Abuja, a final decision will be taken as to the location of the permanent headquarters, depending on the exigencies of the time.

7. The Authority wishes to assure members of the public that it will continue to act in the best interest of the public and the country.

8. The Honourable Minister is committed to taking decisions that are in the best interest of the country, especially as it concerns public funds and will not yield to ethnic or sectional sentiments that will derail this commitment’

Thank you.

Obiageli Orah (Mrs.)

Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection

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Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/7974191/fg-relocates-faan-headquarters-abuja

nepotism abi nationalism

If thulumbu doesn't finish Nigeria with his tribalism, nothing else will

He should kuku move Aso Villa to iragbiji

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it was silly to place some of them like NNPC in Abuja

troytino:
If thulumbu doesn't finish Nigeria with his tribalism, nothing else will

You guys like wastage.
You are an ethnic bigot

Make Goodluck Ebele Jonathan come learn work here
He he had the opportunity to develop his region but he fooled himself around with abokis and ndi ofe nmanu in Abuja. Now common road to go Otueke no dey.

He should have moved NNPC to Rivers state or Delta, moved NIMASA to Port Harcourt. We own the oil and the waterways and now aboki has taken over positions in NNPC. They own and operate the oil blocs and some foolish set of idiots are shouting Niger Delta up-and-down on empty stomach

Nice Move

Lagos airport accounts for a greater share of both passenger and cargo flights, I wonder why the Headquarters was moved to Abuja in the first instance.

I hope in bringing it to Lagos, it will be suitable not too far from the airport and not the Island.

Nice development
Yorubaland taking over

If he likes, let him move it to Torugbene or Oshogbo, his government is a failure

troytino:
If thulumbu doesn't finish Nigeria with his tribalism, nothing else will

He's doing the right thing. Lagos has the busiest airport so it's normal. It has no tribalism.

Naxxxo

😄😄😄

Cool. It used to be in Lagos before the former minister moved them to Abuja in 2020.

Yoruba amaka

It's all good.

PHILipu1:
You guys like wastage.
You are an ethnic bigot

U mean wastage like thulumbu going to Dubai climate expo with over 1200 delegates and spending well over 10Billion on just estacodes?? Bloody hypocrite

I just hope you are not stylishly running from the insecurity bedevilling abuja?

troytino:
If thulumbu doesn't finish Nigeria with his tribalism, nothing else will

Number one tribal bigot.

What impact do they have in Abuja? Just asking…..

First it was CBN moving some directorates, now FAAN relocating it HQs, which agency will move its cooperate HQ next?

It's these policies flip-flops that engenders waste of resources.

How can the Minister be domiciled in Abuja while a key agency under him be headquartered in Lagos?
Oga Festus has monopolized DTA and Hotel allowances to himself as he junkets between Lagos and Abuja in the name of supervision

Doodan barracks loading

CommonSense1967:
Number one tribal bigot.

Don't mind them. Thulumbu will destroy this country with his bigotry

Nice 1.

E ma koh Gbogbo eee boh nle.

Just because of hatred for Tinubu, some people won't read well before making comments.

The decision to relocate the FAAN corporate headquarters from Abuja to Lagos, as explained in this press release, appears to be a well-considered and practical move. The reasons provided, including the lack of office space in Abuja, the cost implications of duty tour allowance, and the need to manage resources efficiently, demonstrate a commitment to responsible and transparent governance.

The assurance that the Authority will continue to act in the best interest of the public and the country, as well as the commitment to building befitting corporate offices in both Lagos and Abuja, further emphasizes a forward-thinking approach. The consideration of operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness aligns with responsible stewardship of public funds.

It's encouraging to see a focus on the long-term plan.

NNPC Offices should move to my village where the oil is from.

troytino:
Don't mind them. Thulumbu will destroy this country with his bigotry

You have finished yourself with your bigotry.

Good decision

Hadi Sirika made the initial ill advised decision to move FAAN HQ to Abuja