Leaking roof affects conveyor belt operations at MMIA

The conveyor belt at the old Muritala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal is currently covered due to a leaking roof, bringing down raindrops directly on the conveyor belt.

A source at the old terminal who described the situation as an ‘eyesore’ said the conveyor belt is currently covered to reduce the impact of the rain on the conveyor belt.

Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection FAAN, told BusinessDay that the leaking roof at MMIA is part of why the aviation minister has said the old terminal needs to be shut down for repairs.

Yakubu-Funtua noted that if any conveyor belt is currently covered, it is undergoing maintenance, which may not take more than a day to fix.

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Last week, Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, directed airlines and companies operating in the airport to move to the new terminal, MMIA Terminal Two, constructed by the Chinese company, as the old terminal will be shut down for repairs on October 1, 2023,

Keyamo explained that the Lagos gateway is the first impression passengers get when they enter the country, adding that the solution is that the government must use what it has for now.

“I am giving international airlines till October 1 to move from the old terminal to the new terminal. We are going to shut down the old terminal and sort out all the issues regarding the renovation,” the minister said.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.