No individual or agency will be allowed to escort passengers into airports, henceforth, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has said.
The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, made the announcement in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to her, the decision was taken to protect passengers and strengthen the ease of doing business in the country.
Particularly, she added, the move was to increase safety and comfort.
Her words: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has directed that only its protocol services and designated Ministry of Foreign Affairs officers will be allowed to escort passengers or to conduct any type of protocol activity after immigration process for departing passengers, and before immigration process for arriving passengers at the airports.
“Consequently, in the interest of our common safety and comfort, all passengers, agencies, and other stakeholders are requested to kindly align their airport activities accordingly.
“In a similar vein, passengers are also advised to please kindly desist from coming to the airports with groups of friends and relatives.”
