Following the presentation of the third interim report by the Aviacargo Roadmap Committee, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria , Capt Rabiu Yadudu has pledged the resolve of FAAN to restructure the business of Aviacargo in Nigeria. He made the promise after an early morning tour of the cargo facilities at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos last weekend.
“The import areas looked like a modern shopping mall while the Export Zones looked like Aswani market or Oshodi markets on a market day. The second is the improper and poor quality packaging of goods for export that is done inappropriately at the airport. He also lamented the lack of facilities for exporters to package their goods, having failed to do so at their facilities due to the need for inspections and certification. The fifth is the indiscriminate parking of vehicles all over the terminals and the airport. These issues, the committee said, could be resolved immediately.
While commending the Aviacargo committee, Yadudu pledged full and continuous support to the committee. On sanitising the export and processing sections of the cargo terminals, Yadudu promised that FAAN would soon announce a policy for improved packaging and processing of exports so that the export area will also look clean and organised even better than the import area. The tour took the team to all the projects by FAAN around the cargo terminals.Experts in the tourism and sports sectors have come together to boost economic diversification, growth and development of destinations worldwide.
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