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| Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos |
National Assembly’s joint committee on aviation yesterday
disclosed plans to investigate the concessioning of the Murtala Muhammed
Airport Terminal two (MMA2).
This, it said was part of measures to resolve the lingering
face-off between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and
Bi-Courtney Aviation Service Limited (BASL).
The committee, at a meeting with aviation workers in Abuja
yesterday, also promised to investigate the process that led to the emergence
of the Technical Advisers for the concession plan of all 22 federal airports
across the country.
The Federal Executive Council had recently approved the
concession of four international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and
Kano, in the phase one of the airport concessioning arrangement.
But the Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association of
Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the
National Union of Pensioners (NUP) kicked against the plan, describing it as
skewed against the interest of over 6000 workers who would be affected by the
exercise.
Sources at yesterday’s meeting with the lawmakers said it
was a fruitful session that brought out various aspects, which the unions felt
were ignored when the ministry embarked on the concession.
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