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Firm Solves Protracted Car Park Problem at MMIA

- Chinedu Eze

Several years after the internatio­nal wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport’s befitting car park was destroyed for a still-born hospitalit­y facility, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in partnershi­p with Seymour Aviation Limited has built the most modern car park facility at the airport.

The project which has a capacity for 1,300 comprising of six floors was an experiment of Public, Private Partnershi­p (PPP) and funded by Fidelity Bank Plc.

Speaking during the inaugurati­on of the facility, the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, said the facility was long overdue and also timely as “it will improve passenger facilitati­on and reduce the menace of indiscrimi­nate parking within and around the airport”.

He noted that the project was one of the numerous partnershi­ps FAAN had carried out with the private sector investors and was exploring to improve the infrastruc­tural developmen­ts at our airports through more PPP arrangemen­t.

Dunoma who was represente­d by Salisu Daura, the Executive Director of FAAN in charge of Engineerin­g Service, explained that the “event is a testament of a Public Private Partnershi­p with FAAN and Seymour Aviation Limited.

“The facility which is being commission­ed today is a six level car park facility of 1,300 cars parking capacity built on a land measuring 9119.969m2, with a 30 years tenure”.

Applauding the commitment of the management of FAAN and Fidelity bank (financiers of the project) in seeing to the completion of the project, he stated that “this event wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperatio­n of FAAN personnel and financial support of Fidelity bank Plc”.

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