The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has denied approving the design of the Muritala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Domestic Terminal, Lagos contrary to the claims by Bi-Courtney, the Concessionaire.
A statement by FAAN spokesperson, Yakubu Dati dismissed Bi-Courtney Aviation Services’ claim that “the design of the terminal (MMA Domestic Terminal 2) was approved by the Federal Government and FAAN after due consultation with their consultants”.
Dati stated that “We wish to state categorically and for the umpteen time that nothing could be further from the truth! The design that FAAN approved was for a terminal costing a total of N3.9 billion.
“However, without approval from FAAN, Bi-Courtney went ahead of its own volition, to build a terminal different from the one originally approved by FAAN, the cost of which it put at N38 billion, nearly 10 times the approved cost.
“There was no way FAAN could have approved a terminal at a cost of N38 billion for a 12 year concession because it did not make common economic sense.
“We hereby urge members of the public, especially aviation stakeholders, to disregard that bogus claim by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services which we believe was designed to deceive members of the public as usual”.
