Hadi Sirika, Aviation minister
THE leaderships of Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Infrastructure Concession & Regulatory Commission (ICRC) have jointly met to exchange ideas on how best to develop airports across the country and the possible best approach to the proposed concession of some major airport terminals.
The meeting had in attendance, the Technical Assistant to the Minister of Aviation, Mr Mustapha Junaidu, a staff of the ICRC attached to the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
In his opening remarks, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of FAAN, Captain Hamisu Yadudu said he conveyed the meeting in his capacity as the Chairman of the Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMA) Concession Team, even as he commended ASRTI for its role in the industry’s development over the years.
“I have been in the industry for 20 years. One thing with ART is that you have always kept in touch. You have always been there to offer your advice and interpretations. It is important that we do a good job so that those coming after us will have something to look up to. Aviation belongs to all of us. It does not belong to any individual,” he said.
The President of ASRTI, Dr. Gabriel Olowo commended the leadership of FAAN under Yadudu, noting that “we have not had this kind of engagement over the years because ASRTI was perceived differently, whereas ASRTI’s activities have been in the interest of the industry.”
Yadudu explained that the long processes of public procurement were a major challenge to the aviation industry because of the speed of response involved in the sector.
He however, cited one of the benefits of concession as the fact that a Service Level Agreement (SLA) would be signed between FAAN and the concessionaire such that whenever there is an emergency in fixing of faulty equipment for instance; the concessionaire addresses the issue immediately, to be paid later. This solves the problems of waiting for long procurement processes.
Yadudu said even though FAAN’s revenue had totally dropped because of the COVID-19 effect, the authority had taken delivery of 55 Self Service Kiosks from ICTS as part of efforts to improve comfort for airport users just as he said that the authority had equally received approval to increase its Passenger Service Charge after due consultations with relevant bodies including IATA.
Yadudu also added that progressive efforts were already being made to address the controversies surrounding the BOT agreement with Bicourtney Aviation Services, operators of MMA2.
On the communiqué’s request for a minimum government involvement in airports management, he noted that minimum involvement was relative as issues such as Aviation Security and Safety would always involve the government as part of its responsibility.
In his presentation, Junaidu explained that FAAN would make more money and spend less on maintenance when SLA is signed with a concessionaire to cover that.
To address the issue of process transparency raised by the communiqué, Junaidu said a Strategic Communication Consultant had been appointed by ICRC to keep stakeholders informed on it activities.
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