COVID-19 : FAAN Tasks Airport Users On Compliance, Bars Drivers From Picking Passengers In Front Of Terminal

COVID-19 protocols, FAAN tasks airport users on compliance, bars drivers from picking arriving passengers in front of terminal.

Airport authority restrict drivers to pick up arriving passengers only at car parks. 

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has advised passengers, drivers and other airport users, particularly those at the General Aviation Terminal, Lagos, to always comply with all laid down regarding COVID-19 pandemic.

The authority made this known via a statement released and signed by its General Manager, Corporate Affairs Henrietta Yakubu. Yakubu charged airport users to ensure safety by adhering strictly to the pandemic protocols.

He stressed that no driver should pick up passengers at the frontage of the terminals.

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The statement read:

“Protocols on Covid-19 to ensure safety of all airport users. The Authority will like to emphasize that in line with Government protocols, arriving passengers are to walk down to designated car parks to board their vehicles.

“No driver is permitted to pick up arriving passenger(s) at the frontage of the terminals. All drivers must park and wait inside the car parks, while arriving passengers walk down to the car parks to board their vehicles.”

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It continued :

“For departing passengers, drivers are only allowed to drop off passengers in front of the terminals. They are not permitted to wait for any reason after dropping their passengers, it is only a “Drop Off” zone.”

“We will like to advise all our esteemed customers to strictly adhere to these rules, to ease facilitation and enhance safety of all airport users.”

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