Following the congestion of cargo apron at the Murtala Muhammed International in Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has asked operators of all cargo flights to find alternative entry points for their cargoes.
The influx of cargoes is usually experiences in the county’s ports during festivities, especially before Christmas and New Year.
FAAN said there is no more space for aircraft to park and nowhere to keep cargo in that section of the airport.
It therefore advised the Nigerian Airspace Manager Agency (NAMA) to issue a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) to this effect, informing cargo freighters destined to Lagos to divert flight to other airports.
The Authority said this had become imperative due to the congestion created by the backlog of cargo due to the two-week closure of the terminal by the Nigerian Customs Service.
FAAN is said to have taken steps to ensure that accumulated goods are speedily cleared to create room for more cargoes.
“The Authority is constrained to take this measure for the time being for the safety and security of all concerned. The inconvenience this might cause is highly regretted”, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Yakubu Dating, was quoted to have said in a report by This Day.
