The Minister for Aviation, Sen.
Hadi Sirika, has said the Federal Government grants foreign airlines multiple entry points into Nigeria to decongest passenger traffic at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.on Monday evening, said the government supports local carriers but not at the expense of small business owners.
Sirika explained, “Lagos airport was built to cater for 200,000 people but today the airport is doing eight million people. The airport is choked up. I have been getting requests from airlines who want to come to Lagos but I don’t have the capacity to take them. So I have to stagger them, some to go to Port Harcourt, some to Abuja, some to Kano, just to decongest Lagos airport.
“So, I have to strike a balance between the two. That is why I allow them to go to Kano, Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja.”
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