Efforts to curb the spread of mutating variants of the COVID-19 virus from infecting the population has witnessed a change in passenger’s facilitation procedures across Nigerian airports, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said.
The new order abolished the situation whereby cars are allowed to park in front of airport terminals to pick arriving passengers. They will now see inbound passengers walk to designated car parks to board their vehicles to exit the airports.
The General Manager in charge of Public Affairs for FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, told journalists that the latest arrangement became imperative as part of its advisory notes to passengers, drivers and other airport users, particularly those at the General Aviation Terminal, Lagos, to always comply with all laid down protocols on COVID-19 to ensure safety of all airport users.
Henrietta emphasised that in line with the federal government protocols, arriving passengers are to walk down to designated car parks to board their vehicles as no driver is henceforth permitted to pick up arriving passenger(s) at the frontage of the terminals.