As a means of addressing security threats to air
travellers, the Federal Government has concluded plans to use digital toll
gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Our
correspondent gathered that the digital toll gate service would come on
stream by the end of May.
It was also learnt that the digital gates, which
will be managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, in partnership
with First Bank Nigeria Plc and private firm, would ensure efficiency and
accountability at the airport.
The spokesperson, FAAN, Abuja airport, Henrietta
Yakubu, said, “The automated service became imperative to plan against
insecurity as well as ensure transparency in the collection of fare at the
airport entrance.”
According to Yakubu, the development is part of the
transformation agenda of the present administration, adding that,“people will
no longer stand there collecting N200.”
She said, “There will be a bar at the entrance. If
they don’t put the correct amount of money or a chip, as the case may be, the
bar will not lift. I can confirm to you that it is something that will take
place very soon.
Speaking on other reasons the airports authority
decided to initiate the new measure, Yakubu said FAAN had been losing huge sums
of money to motorists, amidst other illegalities.
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