Runway incursions :FAAN to capture airport perimeter fence in 2019 budget

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Runway incursions :FAAN to capture airport perimeter fence in 2019 budget 

...........Begins fixing of Akure Airport collapsed perimeter fence 


By Kelvin Osa Okunbor



 

Worried over  the rising spate of runway incursions at airports nationwide,  the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said yesterday that it is set to address the challenge by factoring construction of  airports' perimeter fences in  2019 budget.

The general manager public affairs FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu disclosed this in Lagos saying the authority is increasingly becoming worried over issues bordering on security at airports.

Yakubu said the incident at Akure  Airport, where a herd of cows invaded the runway when an aircraft was getting ready to land is being addressed .
She said though, Akure Airport has perimeter fence, but the cows gained access to the runway through sections of the fence that had collapsed.

 According to her, FAAN civil engineers were already at the Akure airport to fix the collapsed section of the fence.

As part of measures to strengthen the security of the airports across the country, Yakubu said  FAAN has stopped the renewal of On Duty Cards (ODCs) for former airline and FAAN workers to ensure strict personnel monitoring.

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