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FAAN Says Cargo Planes to Start Departing Nigeria With Exports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN yesterday declared that within the next few months, cargo planes will be departing Nigeria airports fully loaded with goods that meet destination standards and acceptance.

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FAAN, Mr Kabir Yusuf, stated this when he performed the ground-breaking of the first Aviation Cargo Village at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The Cargo Village to be sited on 2.7 hectares of land along the MMIA road would be a one-stop centre for processing, packaging, documentation, data processing and laboratory facilities for cargo exports.

Chairman of the Avia-Cargo Committee, Ambassador Ikechi Uko, said the cargo village building would be a great leap for Nigeria in its bid to emerge as the number one in Africa from the current 5th position in cargo exports.

He explained that the cargo village would be implemented as a public-private-partnership project, adding that export laboratories, packaging companies and other relevant bodies would be on ground.

VOP Lagos

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