The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria,
FAAN has introduced sniffer dogs and anti-terrorism squads in order to beef up
safety and security at the international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and
Port Harcourt.
In a statement by the Agency’s General Manager, Corporate Communications Yakubu
Datti, the development is in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal
Government, saying that the measure would later be extended to other airports
in the country.
“A comprehensive audit of security and surveillance has been conducted on
aircraft, terminals and security personnel, to align them to standards in the
industry,” the statement added.
“The airport security personnel have been trained in crowd control, body search
and other specialised areas, while undercover surveillance is conducted by
plain clothes crack team,” he added.
FAAN revealed that all the country’s airports had security equipment, including
hand-held metal detectors, closed circuit television cameras, x-ray screening
machines and 3D scanning machines, adding that these were in addition to a
24-hour security patrol on the airside by the aviation security personnel as
well as the presence of Police Bomb Disposal Units in the terminals.
“The leadership team of the authority, therefore, wishes to reassure all
airport users, especially passengers, that Nigerian airports are safe and
secure to travel through and that with the completion of the first phase of the
airport remodeling project, service delivery at our airports can only get
better,” the statement said.
The Compass
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