FG: New Lagos airport terminal’ll process 14m passengers every year

The Federal Government says the newly completed Terminal Two of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, has the capacity to process 14 million passengers per annum.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Lagos on Monday while inspecting the terminal and its state-of-the-art facilities and fittings.

Mohammed and some journalists were conducted round the project by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu.

Addressing the newsmen, the minister said the new international terminal was not built to replace Terminal One but to complement it.

“That is why we were told that you could check in at one terminal and board at the other, so there is a handshake between the two terminals.

“It was the first terminal added to the original terminal since it was built some 40 years ago.

“The Terminal Two project started in 2013 and was completed by the present administration in 2022 under a bilateral agreement with the People’s Republic of China,” he said.

Mohammed further disclosed that over 10,000 direct and indirect job opportunities have been created in the new terminal at the Lagos airport.

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He said the edifice, replicated in Abuja, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, and Kano airports, was a testament to the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in infrastructure development.

The minister stated that Buhari administration’s commitment to infrastructure development covering roads, bridges, rail, water dams, and sea ports were unprecedented.

“No administration in the history of Nigeria has done this much, especially at a time of scarcity of resources,” Mohammed said.

Speaking on the facilities and fittings in the terminal, the minister said it was a new experience, especially in terms of aesthetics, comfort, free trolley services, hotel and premium lounges, friendly customer services, and free Wifi.

In his remarks, Yadudu, said the terminal was long overdue, expressing appreciation to President Buhari for his commitment to completing all ongoing projects.

The new terminal has 60 check-in counters, seven passenger boarding bridges, five baggage claim belts, 16 departure desks, and 28 arrival desks.

There are eight security screening points, fully automated security control room with CCTV, and eye-based lie detector machine.

The Star