The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has prohibited any airport official who hasn't undergone airline drivers training or certified to drive on the airsides.
This was made known in a statement by general manager, corporate affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, stating that the FAAN is re-emphasising on the policy following recently averted airside incident involving a Customs official at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
The statement reads in full,
"The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has prohibited any airport official, who has never undergone the mandatory airline drivers training, nor certified appropriately to drive on the airsides of the nation's airports.
"FAAN is re-emphasising this policy to ensure operational safety, following a recently averted airside incident involving a Customs official, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
"With this directive, all airline officials, security agencies, ground handling companies, and other stakeholders are hereby put on notice to ensure that their officials, that have airside related roles, and will need to drive, are sent to FAAN's training department to undergo this mandatory training before been assigned to duty.
"The Authority will no longer take lightly any act of violation of this directive, in the interest of safety.
"FAAN.... Committed to her core values of Safety, Security and Comfort."
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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