Security at Port Harcourt Airport is water tight

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, October 18th, 2014

By LAWANI MIKAIRU
The South-South/South-East regional General Manager, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs Ebele Okoye, has assured passengers that the Port Harcourt international airport has adequate security contrary to belief that the airport has porous security. This is coming just as she affirmed that the remodeling of the airport will be completed soon.

In a chat with some aviation reporters in her office in Port Harcourt , Okoye said the popular perception that the airport security is porous is wrong, explaining that in recent time drastic measures have been taken to ensure that lives and properties “within this terminal are totally safeguarded.”

“At the moment we have CCTV cameras monitor-ing all the parts of this airport. We also have a 24 hour disguised surveillance team made of military personnel patrolling every nook and cranny of the airport,” she said.

On remodeling of the airport, she said hopes are high that both the local and international wings of the airport will be fully completed in earnest, adding that funds have been made available to the contractor on the local wing to resume work, while work is upbeat at the international wing.

The remodeling of the airport which commenced in early 2012 has been slowed by several factors including lack of funds to the contractor, Inter-BAU Construction Limited, and the most recent cabinet reshuffle affecting the former Minister of Aviation.

“What we aim to deliver here is a one stop conve-nience facility never before seen in Nigeria. The air-port will boast of retail outlets, offices, banks, eateries, bureau de change and hotels within the premises,” Okoye said.

She also revealed that construction of the international wing is nearing 20 per cent and should be delivered by 2016. According to her, despite its current clumsy state the airport has continued to attract more airlines and this, she explained would be the trend once facilities at the airport are fully delivered.
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