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Collision: FAAN Prohibits Untrained Officials From Driving On Airport Taxiway

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has barred untrained airport officials from driving on airport taxiways.

This was issued in a statement signed by the Authority’s General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Henrietta Yakubu, on Friday.

FAAN insisted that aviation officials must have undergone the mandatory airline drivers training and be certified appropriately by the regulators to drive on the airside at the nation’s airports.

The statement titled, ‘Airside safety; FAAN prohibits untrained officials from driving on the airside,’ read,”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.

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“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.”

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