Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the completion of the Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, is a testament to the government’s unprecedented infrastructure development across the country.
The Minister told journalists during the media tour of the Terminal in Lagos on Monday that the edifice and the others like was a testament to the commitment of the government to the unprecedented infrastructure development covering roads, bridges, rail, water dams and sea ports.
He explained that the tour of the new terminal was an exciting experience and that the facilities at the airport were comparable to what obtain anywhere in the world.
“The terminal, which has state-of-the art facilities and fittings, has the capacity to process 14 million passengers per annum.
“It has 60 check-in counters, 5 baggage claim belts, 16 departure desks and 28 arrival desks,” he said, after he was taken on a guided tour of the Terminal,” he said.
According to the Minister, the terminal has 8 security screening points and 7 passenger boarding bridges.
“There is a whole new experience in terms of aesthetics, comfort, free trolley services, hotel and premium lounges, friendly customer services and free Wifi,” local media reports on Tuesday quoted the Minister as saying.
The Minister, who was conducted round the facilities by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Captain Rabiu Yadudu, and the Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu, clarified that the Terminal 2 of the International Airport, Lagos, was not built to replace Terminal 1, but to complement it.
“That’s why we were told that you could check in at one terminal and board at the other. So there is a handshake between the two terminals.
“It was the first terminal added to the original terminal since it was built some 40 years ago,” he said.
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