The
Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has issued a one month ultimatum to owners of aircraft abandoned in different airports in the country to remove them.
A statement by the spokesman for FAAN, Mr Yakubu Datti said owners of abandoned aircraft have been called 'to remove them from
all our airports within the next one month as the presence of these aircraft
negates the spirit of the current aviation master plan of the Federal Government.'
'This
exercise has become necessary because these aircraft constitute a serious
safety hazard on the airside, apart from being an eyesore at these airports, as
some of these aircraft have been abandoned for upwards of 10 years,' he said.
According to him, 'the
Authority is constrained to embark on this removal exercise because owners of
these abandoned aircraft have deliberately refused to remove them despite all
efforts made by the Authority to make them do so, including meetings with the
owners and publication of paid notices in various newspapers in the past five
years.
'Some
of the owners of these abandoned aircraft had taken FAAN to court over this
issue and got court injunctions that made it difficult for the Authority to
carry out this exercise before now. Some of these cases have now been concluded
hence the commencement of the removal exercise, at least for the abandoned aircraft
which cases have been concluded,' he added.
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