FAAN, Airports and Traffic Gridlock
Naija News • 3h ago
The ‘cashless’ policy is a welcome initiative, but FAAN could have done more sensitisation
Many travellers to domestic destinations from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos have been missing their flights this week due to traffic gridlock that builds up at the toll gate that connects both terminals. In Abuja, the situation is worse. Both domestic and international travellers are being made to suffer with many also missing their flights. All because of a mismanaged ‘cashless’ policy that was not well thought through. Without the requisite access card, known as ‘Go Cashless’ by motorists, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has resorted to collecting toll from every vehicle, using Point of Sale (POS) machines which cause delays, leading to kilometre-long traffic...