Commuters were stranded at Lagos Airport due to new rules

Yesterday several hundreds of passengers were stranded along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) road over new rules rolled out for airport cabs and limousine operators by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

According to sources, only 34 out of the 500 cab and limousine operators have complied with the new rules set by FAAN, which requires them to acquire relatively newer vehicles painted in new colours before plying the airport road.
From the Medical Road axis of Ikeja, where the operators have a park, only a few had complied with the newer car regulation, which mandates them to get vehicles of year 2,000 models and above.
The newer vehicles are to be registered with FAAN commercial department and painted in dark blue colours.
As a result of the limited number of vehicles on the road, fares were increased to N100 for some routes, where the operators charge N50.
From the Medical Road axis, many commuters trekked about two kilometres to get to both the old, new and international terminals .
Speaking on the issue, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, attributed the development to scarcity of fuel.

He said many cab operators were complying with the new regulation to bring about sanity in transport operations around the airports.
But, domestic airlines were still yesterday grappling with the scarcity of aviation fuel forcing them to adjust flights on account of unavailability of Jet A – One.
Jet A – One is the industry parlance for aviation fuel.