Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport To Begin 'Park And Pay' Soon

Preparations are set in the advanced stage to introduce the park and pay for motorists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja in Nigeria.

The airport manager/Regional general manager of North Central, Kabir Mohammed while speaking to the Executive members of the Abuja Transportation and aviation correspondents association (ATACA), weekend, said that the move is aimed at bringing sanity to the airport.

Mohammed who was deployed to head the Abuja Airport on March 10, 2022, stated that the introduction of the park and pay at the airport will address the problems of touts who go about harassing and extorting innocent drivers that bring in passengers at the airport.

He pointed out that as part of the ongoing reorganisations at the airport, the rowdy taxi drivers and the illegal businesses going on at the front of the departure hall at the airport will be addressed.

The Airport Manager commissioned a task force which constitutes himself and the head of departments to supervise the toll gate on a daily basis with the sole aim of managing the inflow of traffic into the airport.

While proposing the relocation of the Mosque to a more comfortable location for easy vehicular movement within the airport as well as expanding the car park, Mohammed also proposed the introduction of shuttle buses for staff, stakeholders and airport users among others.