FAAN Urges Illegal Occupants To Vacate Airport Land
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN has issued a warning to all illegal occupants of airport lands to vacate the premises for their own safety and security.
In a statement on Tuesday, the General Manager of Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said the 13 houses recently demolished posed dangers to the operations of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State.
She said, “The occupants of these buildings were duly notified of the impending demolitions and intensive awareness campaign through “stop work” markings and the planting of notice boards within the Red Zone.
In September 2022, FAAN wrote to LASG for their cooperation in conducting this exercise in the interest of Aviation and Communal Safety and Security.
“The removal of illegal structures is also scheduled to be carried out at all other airports that have similar challenges.
Hope-Ivbaze further explained that the area of land currently housing the airport was acquired for public use by the Federal Government through the lands acquisition ordinance by the government official gazettes in 1944, 1972, and 1975, respectively.
She noted that FAAN noticed some encroachments within its acquired land and a committee was set up to investigate and advised those encroaching to cease and desist from such actions sometime in 2000.
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