By Fatima Saka
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, has disclosed the reasons for relocating its corporate headquarters from Abuja to Lagos to stop waste of public resources and rip-off on the public purse.
According to FAAN, moving the headquarters to Abuja was ill-advised in the first place.
In a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Obiageli Orah, onThursday night, the Authority noted that the Abuja location had no office space to contain the activities of the agency.
Orah explained that the Minister took the action to stop waste of public resources and rip-off on the public purse particularly through payment of duty tour allowance.
“FAAN wishes to inform Nigerians that following wide consultations by the new Management of FAAN with stakeholders, which also involved the Unions, it was agreed that this was in the best interest of the Authority and the country.
“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.
“The stakeholders and the Minister decided against that and to save the country this waste,” FAAN stated.
