To ensure security efficiencyand
accountability at in the nation’s airport/terminals; Nigeria air travellers
will start using digital toll gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja by the end of May.
The digital gates
will be managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in partnership
with First Bank Nigeria Plc and another private firm.
According to Henrietta
Yakubu, FAAN, Abuja airport spokesperson: “The automated service became
imperative to plan against insecurity as well as ensure transparency in the
collection of fare at the airport entrance,” adding that “people will no longer stand there collecting
N200.”
“There will be a
bar at the entrance. If they don’t put the correct amount of money or a chip,
as the case may be, the bar will not lift. I can confirm to you that it is
something that will take place very soon.
“We are planning to
go on air to educate members of the public on this because there is nowhere in
the world where people park to pay money at airports. It will not only speed up
the process, but will boost security at the airport.”
Yakubu lamented
that FAAN had been losing huge sums of money to motorists, amidst other
illegalities.
“There are a
lot of drivers who do not want to pay. There are a lot of recycling of tickets
and so many other things going on, she said.
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