Power outage throws VIP lounge into darkness
By Kelvin Osa- Okunbor 05/07/2010 00:00:00
The Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, was thrown into darkness yesterday following power outage.
The wing is used by the president, vice president, governors senior government officials and past leaders when passing through the airport.
Doors of offices were left ajar for fresh air to come in as the workers battled with intense heat.
The generator at the power house near the lounge was not of help because it has become obsolete.
The engineers have been asking that it be changed for improved power supply.
Some sections of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport were also in darkness.
The staff quarters were not spared. Many residents were seen on their balconies fanning themselves with papers.
Sources said the generator was no longer, effective having been bought in the early eigties.
Assistant Secretary-General of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Mohammed Tukur has advised the Federal Government to privatise the Federal Airports Authorities of Nigeria (FAAN) for effective running of the airport.
Tukur spoke against the background of the parlous state of facilities at airports nationwide.
He said: "We as airline operators are just managing the facilities at airports across the country, the committee has written its report and submitted to government on areas it needs to fix obvious gaps in infrastructure.
"If you look at FAAN, everything is wrong, there is need for action, and the way to act now is for government to carry out a surgical analysis of the airports authority, then look at the personnel, then go ahead and privatise.
Another way is to examine individual airports, and give out to concessionaires to manage. A situation in which government continues to dole out money to fix the airport is not acceptable, because the money will be embezzled by those in the system.
People will continue to canvass release of funds to fix the airports so that they can misappropriate the funds, those who are saying do not give the airports out to private managers are unfair in their thinking, their understanding of airport management is not in line with contemporary technology, government is not training enough personnel in the appropriate areas, we are still hanging on trivial issues.
"The truth of the matter is that government should start looking at the personnel of FAAN, those who are trainable, and those who are too rigid or old to get along should be eased out and paid off."
By Kelvin Osa- Okunbor 05/07/2010 00:00:00
The Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, was thrown into darkness yesterday following power outage.
The wing is used by the president, vice president, governors senior government officials and past leaders when passing through the airport.
Doors of offices were left ajar for fresh air to come in as the workers battled with intense heat.
The generator at the power house near the lounge was not of help because it has become obsolete.
The engineers have been asking that it be changed for improved power supply.
Some sections of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport were also in darkness.
The staff quarters were not spared. Many residents were seen on their balconies fanning themselves with papers.
Sources said the generator was no longer, effective having been bought in the early eigties.
Assistant Secretary-General of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Mohammed Tukur has advised the Federal Government to privatise the Federal Airports Authorities of Nigeria (FAAN) for effective running of the airport.
Tukur spoke against the background of the parlous state of facilities at airports nationwide.
He said: "We as airline operators are just managing the facilities at airports across the country, the committee has written its report and submitted to government on areas it needs to fix obvious gaps in infrastructure.
"If you look at FAAN, everything is wrong, there is need for action, and the way to act now is for government to carry out a surgical analysis of the airports authority, then look at the personnel, then go ahead and privatise.
Another way is to examine individual airports, and give out to concessionaires to manage. A situation in which government continues to dole out money to fix the airport is not acceptable, because the money will be embezzled by those in the system.
People will continue to canvass release of funds to fix the airports so that they can misappropriate the funds, those who are saying do not give the airports out to private managers are unfair in their thinking, their understanding of airport management is not in line with contemporary technology, government is not training enough personnel in the appropriate areas, we are still hanging on trivial issues.
"The truth of the matter is that government should start looking at the personnel of FAAN, those who are trainable, and those who are too rigid or old to get along should be eased out and paid off."
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