FAAN denies banning Uber, Bolt, others from Lagos Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has debunked allegations that it has placed a ban on metro ride-hailing service companies such as Uber, Bolt, among others, from dropping or picking passengers from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

A statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, said the purported signpost which bears false information of the ban did not emanate from its quarters.

The agency noted that passengers were at liberty to use any transport means of their choice to convey them to and from the airport.

The statement reads:

“The attention of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has been drawn to an online report making the rounds that the Authority has placed a ban on the usage of Uber, Bolt, and others at the Lagos airport.

We will like to state with all emphasis that passengers and the general public are free to use whatever means or mode convenient to transport themselves to the Lagos and other airports in Nigeria.

We will therefore like to use this medium to inform the general public that the said sign post did not emanate from FAAN and our security personnel have been instructed to remove the sign post and investigate the issue.

FAAN…. Committed to her core values of Safety, Security and Comfort.

Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.)General Manager, Corporate Affairs