We relocated headquarters to Lagos in Nigeria’s best interest

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) announced on Thursday that it has relocated its corporate headquarters from Abuja to Lagos as part of cost-cutting measures. This decision was made to reduce expenditures and was carried out in compliance with an order from Mr. Festus Kayamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The goal of the relocation is to curb the waste of public resources.

Mrs. Obiageli Orah, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at FAAN, conveyed this information in a statement released in Abuja. She mentioned that the decision to relocate the headquarters was reached collaboratively by FAAN management, stakeholders, and unions, with the consensus that it serves the best interests of the authority and the country at this time.

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“Those affected by the decision to move the headquarters to Abuja have since returned to Lagos as there is no office space for them in Abuja.

“It was ill-advised in the first place to move the headquarters to Abuja when there was no single FAAN building in Abuja to accommodate all of them at once.

“Having returned to Lagos, the Authority will be liable to pay them DTA because technically they are working out of station as their official posting is to Abuja,” she said.

She noted that more than 60 per cent of the FAAN activities was in Lagos, given the huge passenger volume of the Lagos airports.

“The Minister has rolled out plans to get concessionaires to build befitting offices for the Authority in Lagos and Abuja.informationguidenigeria

“Until that is done, the authority will continue to manage its old building in Lagos that can accommodate all its directors and senior officials for now”, she added.

She stated that Abuja would continue to have full operational offices as FAAN had not scaled down operations in Abuja one bit.NYSC Portal

“It is just the technical decision of where the authority has its ‘corporate headquarters’ that has been taken without affecting the structure of operations as they are for now in both cities.JAMB Portal

“⁠In the near future, when befitting corporate buildings have been built for the authority in both Lagos and Abuja, a final decision will be taken as to the location of the permanent headquarters.JAMB Result

“This will depend on the exigencies of the time,” she said.

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