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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Monday, June 14 2004   news   editorial/opinion   policy & politics   focus/record   business   metro   sports   homes/properties   media   capital market   arts     Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom FAAN spends N15m monthly on power supply in Abuja airport TO ensure hitch-free operations, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said it spends about N15 million monthly to provide alternative power supply to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), since the airport began its domestic flight services in the 1980s and international operations in 1996, it has no dedicated National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) power line to enable it operate effectively. The airport's General Manager, Alhaji Saleh Dunoma, who confirmed the situation at the weekend in Abuja, said that the organisation was spending that amount monthly to purchase diesel and maintain the generators supplying electricity to the airport and other facilities. "The greatest challenge of the airport is the shortage of power supply, which forced the airport authorities to rely 80 per cent on generators to provide electricity to the airport and its navigational facilities," he said. Dunoma, who spoke with reporters against the backdrop of constant power failures in the airport, said that the problem was affecting smooth flight operations as well as other services at the airport. According to him, "it is a heavy burden on us because power supply here is not steady, so we have no option but to use generators to provide regular electricity to the navigational aids, Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), the radar station, control tower and the terminal buildings, among others". He also added that due to the sensitivity nature of the various equipment and facilities in the airport, they could hardly withstand power fluctuations. The airport manager therefore, appealed to the Federal Government to provide a dedicated power line to the airport to guarantee the security and safety operations and for better service delivery to users. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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