The management of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has condemned the conduct of Adamawa State Governor, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, at the Port Harcourt International Airport.
This development is similar to the encounter with the former Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, for breaching airport protocol and was reported yesterday by Nairametrics.
This was disclosed in a tweet post by FAAN on its official twitter handle on Thursday, July 16, 2020.
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FAAN accused Fintiri and 8 others of refusing to observe the airport security and public health protocols as directed by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 by refusing to be sanitized or have their temperatures checked.
FAAN in its tweet post said, “The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) hereby strongly condemns the conduct of the Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who arrived Port Harcourt International Airport aboard aircraft 5N-IZY, at 17.08 hrs on 14th July 2020 with 8 others, and who flagrantly refused to observe the airport security and public health protocols as directed by the Federal Government through the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 by refusing to have their temperatures checked or being sanitized by health officials.
“His whole entourage of 8 did exactly as he did. The team that came to receive them drove right through the barricades up to the terminal building ignoring traffic and aviation security instructions.
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“This irresponsible act endangers all other airports users, it is unacceptable and as such it has also been duly escalated FAAN hereby cautions all airports users, especially our esteemed VIPs, to please respect the presidential directive by observing airport security and public health travels protocols put in place to protect all air travellers against acts of unlawful interference, infection and the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.’’
1. The Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) hereby strongly condemns the conduct of the Governor of Adamawa state Alh Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, who arrived Port Harcourt international Airport aboard aircraft 5N-IZY, at 17:08 hrs on 14th July 2020
— Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (@FAAN_Official) July 16, 2020