Normalcy has been restored to the Lagos Airport access toll gate following the deployment of security operatives on Tuesday to stop the face-off over the management and collection of tolls.<\/p>\n
Staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), aviation unions and Integrated Intelligent Imaging West Africa (I-CUBE) had been having running battle over toll collection.<\/p>\n
The deployment of the security personnel had also brought a sigh of relief to motorists using the toll gate as they were passing freely without paying tolls.<\/p>\n
With this development, both FAAN and the contractor are losing revenue accruing to them.<\/p>\n
The aviation unions had on Monday chased out I-CUBE workers, contractor handling the collection of tolls at the access gate, over alleged expiration of the contract since February 2019.<\/p>\n
Commenting, Mr Abdulrazak Saidu, Secretary-General, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP), told newsmen that the deployment of security personnel to the toll gate would not stop their insistence that the contractor should leave.<\/p>\n
Saidu said that the Minister of Aviation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, and the management of FAAN were aware of the action taken by the union on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe union, at a meeting it held with them the previous year, made it known that they do not want the contractor again, because the money being remitted was too small.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe unions met on Monday morning and we decided that we cannot allow concessionaires to continue to milk FAAN dry with the token they pay as concession agreement,\u201d Saidu said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mr Toluwaleke Abajingin, the Manager, I-CUBE, had on Monday expressed shock over the development.<\/p>\n
Abajingin explained that the company had paid FAAN up to date and was never informed about any upward review of the contract or otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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