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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has targeted a 75 per cent summation successful its gross arsenic it integrates its caller cashless argumentation successful much points crossed the airports.
Speaking during the motorboat of ‘Operations Go Cashless’ astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos (MMIA) connected Monday, the managing manager of FAAN, Olubunmi Kuku, said the authorization had acceptable the archetypal 4th of 2026 arsenic the deadline for the bureau to spell cashless fully.
The FAAN MD, who was represented by the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Henry Agbebire, explained that the bureau is not conscionable launching a caller outgo strategy but besides reshaping the airdrome acquisition and reinforcing its committedness to accountability, transparency, and excellence.
“We task a 50 per cent summation successful gross postulation astatine this aviator stage, rising to 75 per cent arsenic we integrate much points, to triple gross wrong the archetypal twelvemonth of afloat implementation.”
Kuku said the further funds would beryllium strategically reinvested into further infrastructural improvement crossed the airports.
Kuku said the initiative, carried retired successful concern with Paystack, would make a comprehensive, cashless, and contactless outgo solution that volition beryllium deployed crossed each airports.
She said the bureau would statesman the nationalist rollout with its flagship planetary gateways: the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Kuku said that, effectual Monday, September 29, 2025, carnal currency postulation would beryllium phased retired gradually astatine each the FAAN gross points, including the airdrome entree gates, car parks, and VIP and protocol lounges.
She assured that the inaugural would mean faster, seamless, and much unafraid transactions for passengers and a goodbye to delays and inconveniences associated with currency handling. She added that the determination is simply a nonstop effect to request for modern, efficient, and world-class service.
“By importantly reducing our reliance connected carnal cash, we are gathering a strategy that is inherently much transparent. Every transaction volition beryllium electronic, traceable, and secure. This straight enhances our gross assurance capabilities, ensuring that each Naira owed to the Authority is duly collected and accounted for. This is not conscionable bully for FAAN; it is simply a testament to our committedness to nationalist improvement and fiscal responsibility.
“Furthermore, embracing these integer trends ensures that our airports stay competitory and aligned with planetary champion practices. We are sending a wide connection to the satellite that Nigeria is unfastened for business, with infrastructure that meets planetary standards,” Kuku explained.
The MD said trained marque ambassadors had been deployed astatine entree gates and terminal areas. Their relation is to usher passengers, assistance with onboarding, supply unrecorded demonstrations, and reply immoderate questions passengers whitethorn have.
The manager of Commercial and Business Development, Adebola Agunbiade, FAAN, said the ‘Go-Cashless’ imaginativeness was built connected 4 cardinal pillars, which see importantly enhancing operational efficiency.
She disclosed that the argumentation would trim congestion and delays for a smoother rider experience, amended gross postulation and accountability, and align FAAN with planetary champion practices for seamless airdrome entree and work delivery.
“We are phasing retired currency transactions astatine each participating FAAN gross points. Our exertion partner, Paystack, has deployed contactless outgo terminals astatine our entree gates, car parks and VIP lounges. This means that each motorist and lawsuit volition usage their ain contactless paper for payment. Human engagement successful currency postulation volition beryllium eliminated, thereby removing opportunities for gross leakage and ensuring that each Naira is accounted for.
“The technological backbone of this strategy is robust. Paystack has designed a closed-loop strategy wherever NFC paper readers are seamlessly connected to their outgo infrastructure. Each pat is instantly validated and authorised, ensuring reliability adjacent successful our high-traffic airdrome environments,” Agunbiade explained.
She disclosed that the airport’s entree gates successful Lagos and Abuja grounds implicit 3 100 1000 vehicular entrances each month. Our VIP and Protocol lounges service thousands yearly, and we judge we tin amended the prime of work to our customers erstwhile we tin person payments conveniently and transparently.
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