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NAHCO, NCDC partner on security at Lagos airport

By Chika Goodluck-Ogazi
19 February 2015   |   11:00 pm
NAHCO aviance has signed up the services of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in its continued efforts to shore up security at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.   According to the company, the deployment of the NSCDC operatives is a fallout of the fracas, which ensued between men and officers of the…

NAHCO aviance has signed up the services of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in its continued efforts to shore up security at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

  According to the company, the deployment of the NSCDC operatives is a fallout of the fracas, which ensued between men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service and licenced agents in November last year. 

  It stated that the fracas led to the closure of the cargo terminal for about two weeks by the Federal government, adding that armed operatives of the NSCDC had since January taken up positions in various sections of the terminal. 

  They would have the responsibility to further enhance the security of the terminal, it said.

  The operatives who are about 25 in number would complement other security arrangements already put in place by the ground handler, who also has a subsisting MoU with the Nigeria Air Force.

  According to the Head, Corporate Services, nahco aviance, Mr. Bashir Ahmed Gulma, nahco aviance will do all it takes to ensure that the terminal is sanitized in line with the stakeholders’ agreement of December 2014.

 “The deployment of Civil Defence operatives in several areas of operations is just one in our series of efforts to ensure that the cargo terminal meets international requirements. We are committed to fulfilling our own part of the agreement we have with the Nigeria Customs Service”, he added.

   He further explained that the Civil Defence operatives would be confined only to only NAHCO’s operational areas. 

The entrance to the gate of terminal called Hajj Camp is not one of those areas.

  Gulma also disclosed that the company had provided two brand new Hilux vehicles, which the NSCDC would use as patrol vehicles. The Company in conjunction with FAAN is working on the On Duty Card (ODC) for the operatives so as to grant them access to the tarmac.

  He however noted that Security at the cargo terminal had become a trending issue in recent times as stakeholders continue to lament the seeming inability of relevant authorities to adequately secure the cargo terminal.

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