Air travellers across the country will have to seek alternative means of transportation, following the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, denying petroleum marketers access to various airports over incremental tariffs.
The access restriction started today (Thursday) at the Abuja airport and plans are underway to extend it to other airports managed by FAAN.
Nigeria has 32 airports, 26 of which are operated by the FAAN, and five of which are functional international airports. It also has a state-owned airport located in Akwa Ibom State.
Currently the ramp or parking pad in Abuja airport is now congested, as most airlines have more than two aircraft on ground.
Findings showed that the airport authority is currently restricting access to all fuel marketers.
It was gathered that the reason being that they instituted a 100 percent increment in Apron pass charges and require them to pay urgently.
At the moment, no petroleum marketers are being allowed into the apron so no fuel vendors.
An authoritative source within the sector said that the marketers were not informed of any tariff review before now.
