BREAKING: FG Orders Airlines To Vacate MMIA By October | READ WHY
The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA 1), from October 1, 2023.
The order was given by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday, during a tour of the international airports in Lagos, where he was accompanied by the Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Kabir Yusuf Mohammed.
According to Keyamo, the vacation is to give room for total maintenance work at the airport.
The minister, while speaking at the sideline of the airport tour, directed the airlines and companies operating in the airport to move to the new terminal – MMIA Terminal 2.
Keyamo also suspended all contracts, projects, concessions in the sector until further notice.
He said: “All airlines should vacate the MMIA before October 1 and relocate to MMIA Terminal 2.”
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