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Nigeria targets 30 mln passengers in new Lagos airport

Xinhua, January 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigeria is targeting to handle 30 million passengers traffic after completion of the ongoing terminal at the Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport, an official said on Wednesday.

Spokesperson for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Yakubu Dati disclosed this to reporters in Lagos, the country's economic hub.

The Authority presently handles 15 million passengers, but has projected an additional traffic of 15 million before the end of 2016.

Dati expressed optimism that a more safe and secured airport would be witnessed this year when the new terminals under construction would be completed.

"All these are things put together to raise aviation to a new level this year," he said, noting that security had been re-positioned across the airports to meet the challenges ahead.

Dati said FAAN security operatives and other security agencies had deployed detecting machines such as screening machine, CCTV, full body scanners and personal intelligence.

He said the equipment were to ensure easy facilitation of passengers across the country's airports. Endit