All FG airports insured – FAAN

By Dickson Omobola

Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has refuted assertions that Federal Government managed airports are not insured.

Former commandant of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, Group Captain John Ojikutu, retd, and Chief Executive Officer of Overland Airways, Mr Edward Boyo, had faulted national authorities for removing Part 18 from the caller Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations, Nig. CARs, that compels FAAN to guarantee each the country’s airports were insured.

Speaking yesterday astatine the 5th CHINET Aviation Cargo themed: ‘The Emerging Synergy Between Aviation and Insurance,’ held successful Lagos, Boyo said: “A batch of the accidents that hap astatine airports are the nonstop work of the airports. Because airports are traditionally owned by government, you find the musculus of authorities oppressing the people. We are talking astir insuring passengers, airlines and luggage. What is being done astir the main causative factors of accidents astir airports? The inadequacy of their wildlife control. The inadequacy of their derubberisation, their runway. So galore different things are not insured. This was removed from Nig. CARs Part 18.”

Reacting to the issue, the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, said: “All national authorities airports managed by FAAN are insured with the security up to date.

“Derubberisation and runway hygiene has been intact, records are available. Only areas I would concur are habitation and assemblage issues that person impacted the wildlife oregon vertebrate strikes and we person been moving intimately with applicable stakeholders to control.

“The humanities runway issues based connected structural oregon engineering issues connected immoderate of the runways on with those exceeding their lifespan are being corrected gradually with implicit overhauls and maintenance.”

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