LINGERING PROBLEMS OF DELAYS AND MULTIPLE CHARGES FOR CARGO AT THE AIRPORTS WILL SOON BE OVER- SAYS FAAN MD 25-11-23
By Sadiq Aminu The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Kabir Mohammed says, the lingering problem of delays and multiple charges for cargo at the airports will soon be a thing of the past.
He gave the assurance during the monthly briefing and presentation of the Aviacargo Roadmap committee’s observation and recommendations in Lagos.
After receiving the presentation, Mr. Kabir promised to implement their recommendations, and also support the development of new standard operating procedures for the operators in the cargo terminals in Nigeria.
He disclosed that, FAAN will also implement a new service level agreements that will overhaul the whole cargo operations in Nigeria, adding that, these new measures will improve the integrity of the exports from Nigeria and will reduce the rejection of goods.
“By implementing the Cargo Bill of Rights, the new SOPs and SLAs the airports will effectively become a corruption free zone”.
The MD FAAN thanked the committee for its selfless commitment to the delivery of a new aviacargo environment in Nigeria.
In his presentation, the Coordinator of the Committee Ambassador Ikechi Uko said, the 5 stage project plan has only two legs left to complete the job and seeks the support of the FAAN MD to proceed with the remaining parts of the job.
This he said, will include collation and report writing of the findings by subject matter experts.
Among the highlights of his presentation includes the FAAN cargo bill of rights that guarantees the swift, transparent and efficient handling of any good that steps into any Nigerian airport.
According to him, the designated cargo village will transform unknown goods to known Goods.
“Nigerian exports are rejected because they are unknown and cannot be traced. So the job of the Aviacargo Village is to transform unknown or unsecured goods to known goods before export. This is the global standard and should be enforced in Nigeria”.