FAAN seeks suspension of 25% contributions to Federation Account
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has called for the stoppage of its 25 per cent revenue contribution to the Federation Account to enable it to address some infrastructure gaps.
Managing Director, FAAN, Mr Rabiu Yadudu, made the appeal during an oversight visit of the Senate Committee on Aviation at the Lagos Airport on Saturday.
Yadudu explained that one way to ensure development in the industry was to allow revenue generated by agencies in the sector to be ploughed back.
The managing director said that the practice was obtainable across the globe and was also part of the international standard and recommended practice.
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Yadudu decried accumulated airlines debt to aviation agencies particularly FAAN, adding that a particular airline owed N13 billion for services rendered and unpaid for.
“The industry is still having an infrastructure gap to stabilise, therefore the government’s support in stabilising the industry is needed.
“This can be achieved by suspending the contributions to the Federation Account in compliance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) Doc 9562.
“This document on airport generation provides that; revenue generated by the airport should be transparently re-invested wholly in operating and developing airport facilities,” he said.
Yadudu said revenue generation was low as only two airports – the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) mainly sustained other airports expenditures.
He also highlighted the global economic challenge both national and international which had affected airline operators causing them to reduce fleet, frequencies or totally withdraw operations thus affecting the agency’s revenue generation.
Yadudu decried the rising operating and maintenance cost of the new terminals and existing ones due to inflation and the devaluation of the naira.
The managing director, however, said the agency was tweaking its plans to make other airports that were not breaking even to perform.
He also said the airport management had embarked on aggressive debt recovery while it had introduced a Pay As You Go system, adding that it had also commenced a cashless policy among other loophole blockage areas.
Responding, the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Smart Adeyemi said the idea was commendable noting that the issue was constitutional and would require a constitutional review to achieve.
Adeyemi commended Yadudu for the work done on the runways such as that of Enugu and Abuja but stressed that emphasis needed to be placed on airports that had not had any form of rehabilitation since established, especially those in need of refurbishing.
“I was happy when we went to Enugu and saw the improvements on the runway and I want to also commend the Minister of Aviation for the rehabilitation of Enugu runway.
“However, there are quite a lot of airports that we need to start looking at budget inclusion for next year, not this year.
“We will not wait till there is a mishap before we start looking at fixing the runways which are in bad shape, a number of them since they were constructed have not been touched and at times when you land in some of these airports, you don’t need to be a pilot to know that the plane will not maintain a balance,” he said.
Adeyemi said the committee would carry out more oversight function in 2021. (NAN)
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